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Man arrested for using fake title deeds to defraud house buyers
03 Mar 2013 at 07:29hrs | Views
A syndicate involving five fraudsters who were defrauding unsuspecting people in property deals was on Tuesday intercepted by police from the Deeds Office in Harare's CBD.
The five were intercepted by police after one of the unsuspecting clients who wanted to buy a house from them took them to the Deeds Office to verify the title deeds of the house they intended to buy.
Luck ran out for them when it was proved that the title deeds were fake raising the eyebrows of Constable Kapfunde and Constable Vengesai who were on duty. The two constables made investigations leading to the arrest of the syndicate's 'Chief' Luke Tizora (32) who claimed to be from Mayambara village in Chitungwiza.
The other four took to their heeks before Tizora was apprehended. Upon a thorough search, Tizora was found in possession of a fake passport, fake national ID and other fake particulars. After scrutinising the passport, it was discovered that Tizora was operating by the name Reginald Moyo, born 3 March 1985. It was also found that Tizora alias Reginald Moyo had scanned a picture of his face, removed that of the passport holder and pasted his on it.
The alleged con artists wanted to defraud Mugove Chikopa of Budiriro 5B of UD$11,000 after misrepresenting to that he was selling a house in Tynwald North, Harare.
"We saw ad advert in a newspaper on Monday and when we called him he (Tizora) indicated that he was at Chindunduma School and was the one selling the house - No. 4168 Tynwald North. he indicated that he would travel to Harare the following day where we were supposed to meet in the morning. We then met in town and were supposed to seal the deal," he narrated.
Chikopa said he wanted to pay the money in cash with Tizora-alias-Reginals Moyo handing the 'title deeds'.
"We discovered that they were fake deeds after verification with the Deeds Office," he said
The five were intercepted by police after one of the unsuspecting clients who wanted to buy a house from them took them to the Deeds Office to verify the title deeds of the house they intended to buy.
Luck ran out for them when it was proved that the title deeds were fake raising the eyebrows of Constable Kapfunde and Constable Vengesai who were on duty. The two constables made investigations leading to the arrest of the syndicate's 'Chief' Luke Tizora (32) who claimed to be from Mayambara village in Chitungwiza.
The other four took to their heeks before Tizora was apprehended. Upon a thorough search, Tizora was found in possession of a fake passport, fake national ID and other fake particulars. After scrutinising the passport, it was discovered that Tizora was operating by the name Reginald Moyo, born 3 March 1985. It was also found that Tizora alias Reginald Moyo had scanned a picture of his face, removed that of the passport holder and pasted his on it.
"We saw ad advert in a newspaper on Monday and when we called him he (Tizora) indicated that he was at Chindunduma School and was the one selling the house - No. 4168 Tynwald North. he indicated that he would travel to Harare the following day where we were supposed to meet in the morning. We then met in town and were supposed to seal the deal," he narrated.
Chikopa said he wanted to pay the money in cash with Tizora-alias-Reginals Moyo handing the 'title deeds'.
"We discovered that they were fake deeds after verification with the Deeds Office," he said
Source - H-Metro
