Online Reporter
Yeukai Karengezeka
Court Correspondent
HARARE businesswoman Tariro Masiwa Musekiwa and her company, Chrisha Boutique, have appeared in court facing charges of operating an illegal foreign currency transmission business without authorisation from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
The transactions in question total US$371 626.
Musekiwa, who represented Chrisha Boutique, was charged with two counts of contravening the Exchange Control Act when she appeared before regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa.
She was released on US$300 bail pending trial.
According to State prosecutor Mr Rufaro Chonzi, Musekiwa allegedly ran an unlicenced money transmission facility between March 11 and August 28, 2025.
During this period, she is said to have collected cash from local individuals involved in the textile retail business.
The money was allegedly used to buy and import textile goods from Türkiye on behalf of the clients, without the necessary RBZ licence or approval.
The court heard that on August 28, 2025, police detectives acting on intelligence visited Chrisha Boutique’s premises.
Musekiwa reportedly failed to produce documentation authorising her operations.
She was arrested on the spot, and receipt books recording transactions worth US$187 813,99 were seized.
No cash was recovered.
On the second count, Musekiwa is accused of running another boutique using the same modus operandi.
Police investigations led to the arrest of Simbarashe Daniel Dzimba on August 28, 2025, who allegedly implicated Musekiwa as his employer.
Receipt books linking her to additional unauthorised transactions were recovered.
The second operation was valued at US$183 813.99, but again, no cash was recovered.
