adminChiduwuro yesterday confirmed the investigations but declined to name the suspects until investigations have been finalised.
“For these law firms to change ownership for properties they should pay money to Zimra to get a capital gains clearance certificates in respect of the properties sold,” she said.
The law firms’ officials would produce fake capital gains certificates and forward them to the Deeds Office to facilitate for change of ownership. Between April 2011 and May 2012, Zimra carried out an audit at the Deeds Office and they discovered the offence.
“It was discovered that the transactions were fraudulent and that the capital gains certificates were fake which led to a report being made to the police. We are still carrying out investigations on the case,” Det Insp Chiduwuro said. The matter is being handled by the CID Serious Frauds section.
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