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Zvikomborero Parafini
CONTROVERSIAL businessman, Prosper Bizwork, is being accused of assembleing a gang, which acted in common interest, and stole a couple’s low density stand worth US$97 000.
Bizwork and his accomplices — Samson Mushayi, Erick Ndamuka Dube and Tedious Marufu and Patience Nhope – were remanded in custody to today for bail considerations.
The court heard that last year, the gang connived to steal from unsuspecting property owners and targeted Octavious Chikonyora, a businessman, and his wife Previous Danda.
They then went on to illegally advertise the stand known as 589 Rietontein Township of Lot 15, Rietfontein, Harare.
Bizwork, as the suspected mastermind, hired two individuals – Nhope and another one, only known as Collen – to act as the purported owners and sellers of the stand.
He facilitated the generation of fictitious identity cards in the name of Danda and Chikonyora.
Bizwork allegedly went on to incorporate Marufu into the deal and tasked him to look for an agent to sell the stand.
Investigations established that Samson Mushayi, who is a former conveyance clerk at TK Hove and Partners, went on to create a duplicate title deed used to sell the house.
He allegedly facilitated the ZIMRA interviews and the transfer of the property into the name of the buyers.
Dube went on to advertise the stand under a marketing company called Rockwel Land Developers for US$92 000.
The unsuspecting buyers – Max Merit Msutu and Tario Chingaya – engaged Dube.
Convinced, Msutu and Chingaya paid a total of US$97 500 to the gang.
The payment was made in two installments and was acknowledged by Mushayi.
Anesu Chirenje appeared for the State.
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter