The Sunday Mail
1. Moses January Banda
Banda is the most-sought-after fraudster on the Serious Fraud list. He is suspected to be operating in Messina and Beitbridge after fleeing from the police in Harare late last year.
He is wanted in connection with over 10 cases of fraud mainly involving cyber crimes.
Police believe that he has pounced on over 30 victims countrywide since 2008. After duping an unsuspecting victim, Banda usually walks away with amounts ranging between US$20 000 and US$50 000.
Banda has also conned several people through pretending to sell residential stands.
Armed with fake identity particulars, Banda uses his same tactics and over the past months he has been targeting unsuspecting victims in both SA and Zimbabwe, particularly in the Matabeleland and Bulawayo provinces.
Currently, he is believed to be in SA and the police have since launched a manhunt for him.
2. Andrew Bidi
In 2013, the accused person misrepresented to the complainant that he had funds in his offshore account and as such he was in a position to pay for gas supplies on her behalf in South Africa. The complainant was to reimburse the amount in United States dollars.
The complainant then ordered gas worth US$21 212 while the accused claimed to have paid for it in South Africa.
The complainant dutifully released the money as they had agreed only to later discover that the accused had not paid anything to the gas supplier.
3. Zivai Masona
In 2012, the accused connived with his colleagues at First Transfer Secretaries to make fake documents purporting he had 2 000 shares in Econet. The shares were supposedly transferred by a company called Appledrum Investments.
With the help of his accomplices at First Transfer Secretaries, he sold shares valued at US$10 000. First Transfer Secretaries was prejudiced US$10 000.
Masona is also behind the duping of indigenous companies’ countrywide. He claims to be a Hwange National Park employee working in the hospitality sector.
He tricks the local business people by claiming that the Hwange National Park is purchasing certain goods through a tender system.
He solicits for a kickback so that he facilitates for the company to win the tender.
Masona is said to be working with one Fortune Torima, who is said to have used the same modus operandi to con over 30 unsuspecting companies and individuals over the past decade.
4. Alfonz Muzambi
A warrant of arrest has since been issued for Muzambi. He is wanted by the police in connection with 10 cases of duping desperate home seekers after he flighted an advertisement that he was selling a residential stand.
Armed with fake title deeds, the accused sold the non-existent residential stand to over 10 individuals at the value of US$18 000.
Muzambi’s recent score botched up after he lied that he was in the procurement department at Marange Resources and that the company was in need of mining equipment which could be bought from a South African company.
He told the complainant to deposit R550 000 and US$117 000 into a SA bank account.
5. Genius Kadungure
Kadungure was recently arrested. Police allege that he is a habitual cyber fraudster and he is still under investigation for the crimes he committed since the inception of the multi currency. Police are hunting for his accomplices.
In November 2012, Kadungure in connivance with unknown accomplices created a fictitious company named Transco Civil Engineering purportedly based in South Africa and opened an ABSA account for the company.
He allegedly created an e-mail account named [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> pretending to be a legitimate representative of Marange Resources.
He then contacted the complainants over the phone and misrepresented himself as the chief buyer for Marange Resources looking for mining pumps at competitive prices, it is alleged.
The complainants became interested and he referred them to his bogus company, Transco Civil Engineering in South Africa, on the pretext that it was a recommended supplier for the pumps.
On December 4, Gatawa sent his brother Enock to South Africa to buy the pumps.
He was ordered to deposit R1 046 890 for the purchase of 10 flight pumps in the ABSA bank account. After the transfers, Enock was told by Transco Civil Engineering “officials” to go back to Zimbabwe and check for his parcel with DHL in three days time.
On December 12, Gatawa went to DHL, Airport branch, to collect the pumps and was shocked to receive a parcel of cellphone chargers.
That is when he realised that he had been duped.
6. Admire Mbovha
Mbovha is believed to be in SA. He recently fled from police units in Chinhoyi. In 2012, Mbovha met the complainant at Mimosa Mine and lied to her that he was in the mining equipment buying and selling sector.
The complainant continued communicating with Mbovha.
In 2013, Mbovha approached the complainant and borrowed her vehicle, a Toyota Harrier (AAO 6620).
Mbovha disappeared with the vehicle and later told the complainant that the car had developed mechanical problems.
He told the complainant that he would buy her another vehicle.
7. Priscilla Chakanyuka
Chakanyuka would generate fake title deeds in her name.
She would then advertise the houses looking for tenants.
The accused would then collect rentals and deposits from a number of potential tenants and give them the same date of occupation.
When the date approaches the accused would then disappear while the complainants would come to occupy the property only to find they would have been conned.
8. Loveness Kamudyariwa
The accused person misrepresented to the complainant that she had the capacity to deliver industrial plastics and would pay later.
Acting on this misrepresentation, the complainant gave Kamudyariwa plastics worth US$28 776.
Soon after this payment, the accused disappeared.
9. Fortune Joseph
Joseph misrepresented to the complainant that he had deposited US$180738 into Econet CBZ bank account for recharge cards.
The complainant gave the accused recharge cards worth US$180 738.
10. Shepherd Maunganidze
Maunganidze misrepresented to Arkmate Computers that he was the buyer at Zesa and could therefore buy computers, laptops and computer accessories on a Zesa credit facility.
He then ordered 24 laptops and accessories worth US$23 253 before disappearing.
11. Morgan Vengesai Chirayi
The accused generated a fake National Identity Card for Obert Chindamu, the owner of a flat at Roma Court. He pretended to be Obert Chindamu. The accused then sold the flat to someone. The value prejudiced was US$4 500.
12. Hamilton Keswa
The accused person ordered two 5.5KVA generators at Exposales Zimbabwe and asked complainant to pay using Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS). The accused forged a RTGS document and brought it to the complainant who then released the generators.
On visiting the bank, the complainant then discover that the RTGS was fake.
Amount prejudiced was US$540 000.
