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Businessman forges wife's signature, in court
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A Harare businessman has been dragged before the courts facing allegations of fraud after he allegedly forged company documents to remove his wife as a shareholder, siphoned money through secret bank accounts, and fraudulently obtained loans.
Murombo Josiah Mimana (46), the director of MIMJ Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, appeared before Harare Regional Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa charged with five counts of fraud. He was not asked to plead and was released on US$500 bail. The case was remanded to October 23, 2025.
The complainant, Marvel Mtisi (52), is both a shareholder and director of the company, which she co-owns with Mimana, who is also her husband.
According to the State, represented by prosecutor Rufaro Chonzi, the couple registered MIMJ Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd in 2011, each holding 50% shareholding. However, Mimana is accused of engaging in a series of fraudulent acts over the years to assume full control of the company and divert funds.
In July 2021, Mimana allegedly applied for a loan of ZWL$27.5 million from Ecobank Zimbabwe, forging Mtisi's signature on the application. The loan was approved, and he signed further documents on behalf of both himself and his wife.
The State further alleges that in April 2024, Mimana secured another loan of US$186,727.02 from Ecobank using similar fraudulent methods, this time aided by Joshua Munyaradzi Mimana, who falsely claimed to be the company's operations manager.
In May 2025, Mimana reportedly forged Mtisi's signature again, this time in a letter to Total Energies Marketing Zimbabwe and Nedbank Zimbabwe, falsely notifying them that Mtisi was no longer a director of the company. He is accused of filing a forged CR14 form to formalize the deception and instructed a change in the company's banking details without her knowledge.
Later that year, Mtisi discovered the changes through a message from a colleague and correspondence with Nedbank, confirming that Mimana had issued the instruction. She also discovered a High Court order, HCH 2552/25, which Mimana allegedly obtained fraudulently, declaring that she was no longer a shareholder or director.
The prosecution says Mimana went further by secretly opening multiple bank accounts for the company between 2011 and 2021, forging Mtisi's signature on the account-opening forms. These included mining, farming, and export accounts with Ecobank, through which he is alleged to have siphoned funds.
By mid-2025, Mimana is said to have fraudulently re-registered the company, altered shareholding certificates to reflect himself as the sole owner, and appointed new directors, including Joshua Munyaradzi Mimana and Christopher Dunstan Musuruari Gwaze, without Mtisi's knowledge.
The case has been described by prosecutors as a calculated scheme to strip Mtisi of her rightful ownership and control of the company.
Murombo Josiah Mimana (46), the director of MIMJ Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, appeared before Harare Regional Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa charged with five counts of fraud. He was not asked to plead and was released on US$500 bail. The case was remanded to October 23, 2025.
The complainant, Marvel Mtisi (52), is both a shareholder and director of the company, which she co-owns with Mimana, who is also her husband.
According to the State, represented by prosecutor Rufaro Chonzi, the couple registered MIMJ Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd in 2011, each holding 50% shareholding. However, Mimana is accused of engaging in a series of fraudulent acts over the years to assume full control of the company and divert funds.
In July 2021, Mimana allegedly applied for a loan of ZWL$27.5 million from Ecobank Zimbabwe, forging Mtisi's signature on the application. The loan was approved, and he signed further documents on behalf of both himself and his wife.
The State further alleges that in April 2024, Mimana secured another loan of US$186,727.02 from Ecobank using similar fraudulent methods, this time aided by Joshua Munyaradzi Mimana, who falsely claimed to be the company's operations manager.
In May 2025, Mimana reportedly forged Mtisi's signature again, this time in a letter to Total Energies Marketing Zimbabwe and Nedbank Zimbabwe, falsely notifying them that Mtisi was no longer a director of the company. He is accused of filing a forged CR14 form to formalize the deception and instructed a change in the company's banking details without her knowledge.
Later that year, Mtisi discovered the changes through a message from a colleague and correspondence with Nedbank, confirming that Mimana had issued the instruction. She also discovered a High Court order, HCH 2552/25, which Mimana allegedly obtained fraudulently, declaring that she was no longer a shareholder or director.
The prosecution says Mimana went further by secretly opening multiple bank accounts for the company between 2011 and 2021, forging Mtisi's signature on the account-opening forms. These included mining, farming, and export accounts with Ecobank, through which he is alleged to have siphoned funds.
By mid-2025, Mimana is said to have fraudulently re-registered the company, altered shareholding certificates to reflect himself as the sole owner, and appointed new directors, including Joshua Munyaradzi Mimana and Christopher Dunstan Musuruari Gwaze, without Mtisi's knowledge.
The case has been described by prosecutors as a calculated scheme to strip Mtisi of her rightful ownership and control of the company.
Source - The Chronicle
