A top eye doctor, Solomon Guramatunhu, is trying to get prosecutors to challenge a court ruling after he lost a huge amount of crypto. He wants the National Prosecuting Authority to appeal the acquittal of two people, Lloyd and Melissa Chiyangwa, who were cleared of fraud by a regional magistrate named Marehwanazvo Gofa. The magistrate said there was no case because cryptocurrency is not legal tender in Zimbabwe.
Guramatunhu's lawyer, Admire Rubaya, sent a letter arguing the court got it completely wrong. He said the ruling mistakenly claimed that crypto cannot be stolen just because it is not an official currency. Rubaya contends that crypto is absolutely a form of property, pointing out that it represents a digital asset that can be converted into regular money like US dollars. He explained that these assets are entries in a digital account, which should qualify them as property under the law.
The lawyer is pushing for the NPA to take the case to the High Court. He insists the Chiyangwas deliberately took control of Guramatunhu's digital accounts and transferred the assets to their own wallets. Rubaya even offered to provide legal research to help the prosecution understand the issue, stressing that the definition of property should not be limited to physical cash or local legal tender.
Guramatunhu's lawyer, Admire Rubaya, sent a letter arguing the court got it completely wrong. He said the ruling mistakenly claimed that crypto cannot be stolen just because it is not an official currency. Rubaya contends that crypto is absolutely a form of property, pointing out that it represents a digital asset that can be converted into regular money like US dollars. He explained that these assets are entries in a digital account, which should qualify them as property under the law.
The lawyer is pushing for the NPA to take the case to the High Court. He insists the Chiyangwas deliberately took control of Guramatunhu's digital accounts and transferred the assets to their own wallets. Rubaya even offered to provide legal research to help the prosecution understand the issue, stressing that the definition of property should not be limited to physical cash or local legal tender.
