adminSources close to the investigations said Mawere, who is appealing against his de-registration, was also wanted by police’s Commercial Crimes Unit and CID Serious Frauds in connection with fraud cases. The police said Mawere was likely to be charged with practising without a licence after he allegedly authored and tried to file urgent chamber applications at the High Court.
Police first arrested Francis Samara while he was trying to file fake documents at the High Court after being sent by Mawere.
Samara confessed that he was acting on behalf of Mawere.
When Samara was being taken to Harare Central Police Station, it is alleged that Mawere was spotted within the High Court yard and was immediately arrested and is said to have confessed to the fraud.
Mawere was allegedly using the name of Mahuni and Mutatu Attorneys, although he misspelt the name of the law firm during his alleged several fraudulent activities.
The law firm has since written to the Law Society distancing itself from the activities of Mawere and Samara.
“We want to put it on record that we do not have a client by the name of Munyaradzi Bibi (the man whom Mawere purported to act on behalf of), in fact he is not known to any of our officers,” the law firm said.
“We never received instructions to act on his behalf. Our files and receipt books bear testimony to that. Further, our name is Mahuni & Mutatu Attorneys-at-law and not Mahuni and Partners.”
The law firm’s officials said they had since lodged a complaint against the abuse of their name and made a report to the police.
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