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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87380, member: 27"]
Nearly three-quarters of a US$660,000 home sale allegedly wound up stuffed in bags and walked across a border, and Stanbic Bank Botswana killed the whole plan.

Evelyn Bengesa's property cash-out
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[*]Evelyn Sarah Bengesa allegedly offloaded her Mount Pleasant pad for US$660,000.
[*]Bengesa is 65 and appeared before magistrate Sheila Mupindu.
[*]Her Harare residence sat at 16 Prices Avenue.
[*]Externalizing funds is the charge she faces.
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Border run with bags of cash
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[*]Bengesa allegedly hauled US$480,000 through Plumtree Border Post.
[*]September 16, 2025, was the alleged crossing date.
[*]Francistown was her reported destination in Botswana.
[*]Nobody at the border flagged the stash.
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Stanbic Bank dropped the hammer
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[*]Her company account at Stanbic Bank Botswana received the deposit.
[*]Massive transaction size tripped automatic red flags.
[*]Bengesa claimed the funds came from a legit sale.
[*]Interpol got looped in after the bank escalated.
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Coming back sealed her fate
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[*]Frozen funds forced Bengesa back to Zimbabwe.
[*]Authorities grabbed her on arrival, acting on Interpol's probe.
[*]Bail landed at just US$1,000 with tight restrictions.
[*]Both her American and Zimbabwean passports were surrendered.
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