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Genius Kadungure regains passport
05 Feb 2015 at 10:25hrs | Views
BUSINESSMAN GENIUS Kadungure, who is facing a fraud charge involving more than RI million, yesterday, had his bail conditions temporarily relaxed, which saw him getting back his passport.
Genius also had his reporting conditions temporarily relaxed which will also allow him to travel outside the country without showing himself to the police.
He will have his passport until February hen he returns to court.
Genius had made an application to have his passport back and have the reporting conditions altered saying he was planning to travel outside the country.
The State, represented by Sharon Mashavira, consented to the application before magistrate Milton Serima ruled in Genius' favour.
This is not the first time that his bail conditions were relaxed.
Genius had his reporting conditions altered from reporting everyday at CID serious frauds to once every Friday after he made an application through his defense.
He is currently out of custody on US$1 500 bail.
Allegations facing Genius are that sometime in November 2012, he acted in connivance with unknown accomplices and created a fictitious company named Transco Civil Engineering.
The company was purported to be based in South Africa and using an ABSA account.
Genius allegedly created an e-mail account called procurement@marangediamonds.com, pretending as if he was a genuine representative of Marange Resources.
The court heard that the 30-year-old then contacted Cde Dexter Nduna and his partner over the phone misrepresenting as the chiefbuyer for Marange Resources and looking for mining pumps at competitive prices.
It was said that Cde Nduna and his partner exhibited interests and Genius referred them to his 'fictitious' company - Transco Civil Engineering - which was reported to be based in South Africa on the pretext that it was a recommended supplier for the pumps.
Further allegations were that on December 4, Gatawa sent his brother Enock to South Africa to purchase the pumps.
He was ordered to deposit R1 046 890 for the purchase of 10 flight pumps in the ABSA bank account, the court heard.
After the transfers, Enock was told by personnel from Transco Civil Engineering to return to Zimbabwe and check for his parcel with DHL within three days time.
Allegations were that on December 12, Gatawa went to DHL, Airport branch to collect the pumps and was shocked to receive a parcel of cell phone chargers.
Genius also had his reporting conditions temporarily relaxed which will also allow him to travel outside the country without showing himself to the police.
He will have his passport until February hen he returns to court.
Genius had made an application to have his passport back and have the reporting conditions altered saying he was planning to travel outside the country.
The State, represented by Sharon Mashavira, consented to the application before magistrate Milton Serima ruled in Genius' favour.
This is not the first time that his bail conditions were relaxed.
Genius had his reporting conditions altered from reporting everyday at CID serious frauds to once every Friday after he made an application through his defense.
He is currently out of custody on US$1 500 bail.
The company was purported to be based in South Africa and using an ABSA account.
Genius allegedly created an e-mail account called procurement@marangediamonds.com, pretending as if he was a genuine representative of Marange Resources.
The court heard that the 30-year-old then contacted Cde Dexter Nduna and his partner over the phone misrepresenting as the chiefbuyer for Marange Resources and looking for mining pumps at competitive prices.
It was said that Cde Nduna and his partner exhibited interests and Genius referred them to his 'fictitious' company - Transco Civil Engineering - which was reported to be based in South Africa on the pretext that it was a recommended supplier for the pumps.
Further allegations were that on December 4, Gatawa sent his brother Enock to South Africa to purchase the pumps.
He was ordered to deposit R1 046 890 for the purchase of 10 flight pumps in the ABSA bank account, the court heard.
After the transfers, Enock was told by personnel from Transco Civil Engineering to return to Zimbabwe and check for his parcel with DHL within three days time.
Allegations were that on December 12, Gatawa went to DHL, Airport branch to collect the pumps and was shocked to receive a parcel of cell phone chargers.
Source - H-Metro
