FRESH CHARGES FOR ‘SERIAL FRAUDSTER’

ALLEGED serial fraudster and ex-convict Deadury Doro was over the weekend brought to court to answer to fresh charges of fraud.

Doro, 45, was not asked to plead when she appeared before Harare magistrate Isheanesu Matova.

The complainant in the first count is Simbarashe Nyambayo and the two are acquaintances.

Allegations are that in December 2020, Doro approached Nyambayo, who was at Construction House together with his colleagues Malvin Moyo and Nyasha Nzvimbo.

She reportedly told Nyambayo that she wanted to buy building material from a hardware shop and was in need of local currency and promised to give him US dollars after doing her transaction.

She reportedly advised Nyambayo that she needed local currency equal to US$6 550, but he didn’t have the amount that she needed and he advised his colleagues and Nyasha Nzvimbo gave Nyambayo his bank card and PIN and Moyo did the same.

Doro swiped $155 000 from Nyasha Nzvimbo’s bank card, $100 000 from Malvin Moyo’s bank card and $400 000 from Nyanbayo’s bank card at a Casino at Long Chen Plaza and didn’t come back with the card as promised, but sent Simbarashe Magwizi with part of the cash, US$3 520, and the cards.

Nyambayo tried to follow up on his money, but Doro stopped taking his calls and became evasive, prompting him to make a report to the police.

The total value of the stolen property is $655 000 and US$3 520 was recovered.

In the second count, the complainant is Knowledge Simeti.

Allegations are that Simeti received a call from a person only known as Kuda who stated that she wanted local currency amounting to $1 090 000 in exchange for United States Dollars.

Simeti reportedly requested for the details of the account in which the money was to be deposited and Doro instructed Simeti to send the money to her NMB account.

Simeti reportedly then instructed Wilson Nyamutenha of Keen Comms Network Pvt Ltd to transfer the money to the account number provided by Doro and she confirmed receipt of the money.

Doro then instructed Simeti to get into their car so that they could physically count the money.

Simeti and Doro went to the car but when they arrived there were two men who were already inside the car.

One of them produced a Military Intelligence ID and the other men produced an ID from the President’s Office.

The State heard that they said: “Tinochengetedza nyika chete”.

Simeti, the court heard, entered Doro’s vehicle and they drove him towards Hardwick House where the she got out of the vehicle, stating that she wanted to collect money from the office.

Doro reportedly left the complainant with the two people who were in her car and complaining that the accused was taking too long.

They drove to Defence House and dropped off the man who said that he was from the President’s Office.

The other man, who claimed that he was from Military Intelligence, who remained with Simeti in the vehicle, started interrogating himt and said that they were on an operation and wanted to know how he got the money.

He said that Simeti’s property would be handed over to other people who were part of the operation.

The court heard that he went to Avondale, where upon arrival he received a call and drove along the way to State House where the man with the Military ID dropped Simeti along Sam Nujoma Street after stating that he had been pardoned.

A police report was made. Shambadzeni Fungura appeared for the State.