Fraudster jailed

to unsuspecting motorists has been jailed for an effective two and half years.
Tafadzwa Kadzatsa (32) had denied the fraud charges but was, however, convicted after a full trial at the Harare Magistrates Court.
Magistrate Mr Don Ndirowei sentenced Kadzatsa to three-and-a-half years in jail, but set aside one year on condition of good behaviour.
In passing sentence, Mr Ndirowei noted that Kadzatsa had wasted the court’s time when he did not have evidence to rebut the allegations against him.
Mr Ndirowei said a deterrent sentence was appropriate on Kadzatsa to send a clear message to would be offenders.
Kadzatsa, the magistrate noted, had deprived the State of a substantial amount, which would have gone towards the rehabilitation of roads and reduce accidents.
They were selling the fake documents for US$40 per term for heavy vehicles and US$30 per term for light motor vehicles.
The discs actually cost US$240 for three terms at Zimpost the official distributor of the vehicle licence discs.
Prosecutor Veronica Zvinavashe said sometime in April this year, Kadzatsa connived with his two accomplices
Moses Rufu, a machine printer at Express Printers in Harare, and Edwell Antonio alias Peter Njombi to make fake licence discs.
Rufu and Antonio have already been jailed for an effective two years each after being found in possession of 121 fake licence discs.
On April 12 police detectives at Police General Headquarters Internal Investigations received information that a fake vehicle licence disc syndicate was printing and distributing the discs to unsuspecting motorists and arrested the culprits after a trap. – CR.