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Bogus Estate agent official nabbed for $33 600 fraudulent sale of house
08 Mar 2015 at 07:24hrs | Views
One of the bogus Estate Agent officials has been dragged to court after the syndicate masqueraded as an estate agent and placed an advertisement on the newspaper selling a house belonging to a resident prompting a home seeker to pay them a total of $33 600 in the purchase of the house.
Fednard Dube of Emganwini in Bulawayo was not asked to plead to fraud charge when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Gladmore Mushove. He was further remanded out of custody on $100 bail pending trial.
The court heard that the complainant in the matter is Nhlanhla Ngwenya of Fairbridge Way Malindela in Bulawayo.
It is the state case that sometime in December 2014, Dube acting in connivance with his accomplice only identified as Ree who is still at large and Promise Moyo who is already on remand, hatched a plan to sell house number 8 Durham Road Hillcrest in Bulawayo. Moyo was leasing the house in question through Ian and Khan Estate Agents.
Dube allegedly masqueraded as an estate agent operating from number 47 Nicoz House Fort Street and 8th Avenue in Bulawayo and placed an advertisement in the Chronicle that house number 8 Durham Road Hillcrest was for sale.
On December 5, 2014, Ngwenya saw the advertisement in the newspaper and contacted Dube who then invited them to his office where he met up with Dube and his accomplice only known as Ree who was introduced to Ngwenya as Simangakhona Ncube and cousin brother to Moyo. It is alleged that Dube showed Ngwenya a copy of titled deeds and indicated that the house was indeed for sale.
An agreement of sale was drafted by Dube before Ngwenya, Dube and his accomplices went to Barclays Bank along Leopold Takawira and Fife Street where Ngwenya withdrew and paid them $19 350 before signing the agreement of sale.
It is the state case that on December 8, 2014 another payment of $650 was made to one Ree (Simangakhona Ncube) in the presence of Dube. On January 12, 2015, Ngwenya sent his wife Abigail Ngwenya who then made another payment of $15 000 to Ree (Simangakhona Ncube) in the presence of Dube and a lawyer Lison Ncube, Ngwenya's legal practitioner.
Ngwenya's wife later visited the conveyance, one Chimbetete who took her to the deeds office for verification of the copy of the title deeds which were given to them by Dube and his accomplices. She was told that the title deeds were fake.
A report made to the police led to Dube's arrest and the fraud resulted to Ngwenya suffering an actual prejudice of $33 600 and nothing was recovered.
Fednard Dube of Emganwini in Bulawayo was not asked to plead to fraud charge when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Gladmore Mushove. He was further remanded out of custody on $100 bail pending trial.
The court heard that the complainant in the matter is Nhlanhla Ngwenya of Fairbridge Way Malindela in Bulawayo.
It is the state case that sometime in December 2014, Dube acting in connivance with his accomplice only identified as Ree who is still at large and Promise Moyo who is already on remand, hatched a plan to sell house number 8 Durham Road Hillcrest in Bulawayo. Moyo was leasing the house in question through Ian and Khan Estate Agents.
Dube allegedly masqueraded as an estate agent operating from number 47 Nicoz House Fort Street and 8th Avenue in Bulawayo and placed an advertisement in the Chronicle that house number 8 Durham Road Hillcrest was for sale.
On December 5, 2014, Ngwenya saw the advertisement in the newspaper and contacted Dube who then invited them to his office where he met up with Dube and his accomplice only known as Ree who was introduced to Ngwenya as Simangakhona Ncube and cousin brother to Moyo. It is alleged that Dube showed Ngwenya a copy of titled deeds and indicated that the house was indeed for sale.
An agreement of sale was drafted by Dube before Ngwenya, Dube and his accomplices went to Barclays Bank along Leopold Takawira and Fife Street where Ngwenya withdrew and paid them $19 350 before signing the agreement of sale.
It is the state case that on December 8, 2014 another payment of $650 was made to one Ree (Simangakhona Ncube) in the presence of Dube. On January 12, 2015, Ngwenya sent his wife Abigail Ngwenya who then made another payment of $15 000 to Ree (Simangakhona Ncube) in the presence of Dube and a lawyer Lison Ncube, Ngwenya's legal practitioner.
Ngwenya's wife later visited the conveyance, one Chimbetete who took her to the deeds office for verification of the copy of the title deeds which were given to them by Dube and his accomplices. She was told that the title deeds were fake.
A report made to the police led to Dube's arrest and the fraud resulted to Ngwenya suffering an actual prejudice of $33 600 and nothing was recovered.
Source - Byo24News
