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Yeukai Karengezeka
Court Correspondent
Zimnat Financial Services credit officer Godfrey Huseni was arraigned before the courts for allegedly attaching fake documents on behalf of clients who wanted to acquire loans from his employer, resulting in the company losing US$83 000.
Huseni (46) appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi, who granted him US$200 bail.
He returns to court on June 16 for routine remand.
The company, which specialises in offering loans to entrepreneurs, is being represented by its national sales manager Tawanda Mupoperi.
Huseni’s duties included promotion and recruitment of potential clients to access business loans, assessments of such businesses to determine suitability and qualification to get loans.
He recommended such clients for approval by the credit committee after providing documentary evidence of having conducted physical visits to the business sites and homes of such potential borrowers.
Prosecutor Mr Rufaro Chonzi alleged that between March and September 2023, Huseni recommended loans for clients, who had tendered fake documents in the form of sureties and fake residential addresses, resulting in the company disbursing loans to undeserving clients.
The court heard that, on May 18 2023, Huseni misrepresented that Florence Mushaninga was a potential client who wanted to access a business loan.
He allegedly took and attached a fake certificate of incorporation, fake documents for proof of residence as collateral security for the disbursement of the loan.
He then recommended Mushaninga as a suitable candidate for approval by the credit committee. As a result of that misrepresentation, she received a US$$10 811 loan.
On May 26 2023, Huseni misrepresented that Galtina Masuku was a potential client who wanted to access a business loan and led his company into lending her US$8 824.
Again on June 2, Huseni took and attached a fake certificate of incorporation, fake documents for a bottle store in Chitungwiza and a Greendale house and a car as collateral security for the disbursement of a US$9 000 loan.
On another occasion, on June 30 2023, Huseni allegedly misrepresented that Betty Chidhonza was a potential client who wanted to access a business loan and attached a fake certificate of incorporation for a business and collateral in the form of a house and a 2006 Landrover Discovery. However, the vehicle did not belong to her.
He used the same modus operandi on several occasions to prejudice his employer a total of US $83 270 and nothing was recovered.
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