Former Zimra Employee Yvonne Musoni was charged with improperly approving over 400 auto imports using her boss’s electronic signature as part of a scheme designed to allow long-serving civil officers to purchase personal vehicles.
Philbert Muchechetere, Musoni’s supervisor, initiated an internal investigation after discovering forged approval letters, leading to the discovery of the plan. Audits verified that Musoni was approving the fictitious letters using Muchechetere’s signature.
Yvonne Musoni is currently missing and believed to be in Cape Town, South Africa. Her family home in the prestigious Mabvazuva Gated Estate in Harare cannot be sold or transferred.
Musoni’s property and US$28,625 kept in the accounts of Watershed College and US$18,940 in the accounts of Lusitania Primary School monies intended for her children’s tuition were frozen after the Prosecutor-General’s office successfully won a High Court ruling.
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There have been reportedly numerous abuses of this scheme. Following an investigation, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and Zimra discovered that Musoni, an office assistant at Zimra’s Harare Port, had signed fictitious permission letters using her boss’s electronic signature.
In another story, FOUR people who were masquerading as Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officers while extorting motorists along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road have been nabbed.
The suspects, who were wearing Zimra branded T-shirts, were travelling in a Honda Fit vehicle while targeting motorists coming from Beitbridge and claiming that their documents had some anomalies before extorting them.
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrests.
“The ZRP confirms the arrest of Funnie Kusuwo (30), Brendon Sobuza (23), Jayden Gotora (23), and Tarisai Makaza (22) for masquerading as ZIMRA officials and extortion along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road on Sunday at about 9.30pm.
