Police caught two men who faked working at the car office. Noah Chimulambe and Ernest Musandiriri faced a judge in Harare last Saturday. Samuel Banda, who works at Kaifeng Private Limited as a shopkeeper, reported them. The pair made fake papers for a Mazda Demio car with license plate ABE2028.
Patrick Chiutsi bought this Mazda from Victor Masawi back in November. He checked his car fees at Epworth Post Office and found he owed $475. He never looked up who actually owned the car. The seller never gave him any car papers. The car also lacked some license plates when he bought it.
Chiutsi later swapped cars with Banda in December. He gave Banda his other car plus $600 cash. They agreed his Mazda MPV was worth $700. Chiutsi also paid the $475 owed on the Demio. He still had no papers to hand over because the first seller never gave him any. Chiutsi tried hard to find the real papers through Masawi, but they learned the actual owner had died and all papers went missing.
Banda started pushing Chiutsi for those papers in January. Police had already taken the car once because it had missing license plates. Without proper papers, Banda could not apply for replacement plates. Feeling pressured, Chiutsi called Chimulambe, who knew people at the car registry. He paid him $60 for help.
Chimulambe asked a friend to create fake car papers. Banda checked these papers at the registry, where worker Ishmael Manjera told him they were fake. When Banda asked both men about this, they admitted to making false papers. He then called the police, who arrested them. Both fraudsters ended up before a judge for their crimes.
Patrick Chiutsi bought this Mazda from Victor Masawi back in November. He checked his car fees at Epworth Post Office and found he owed $475. He never looked up who actually owned the car. The seller never gave him any car papers. The car also lacked some license plates when he bought it.
Chiutsi later swapped cars with Banda in December. He gave Banda his other car plus $600 cash. They agreed his Mazda MPV was worth $700. Chiutsi also paid the $475 owed on the Demio. He still had no papers to hand over because the first seller never gave him any. Chiutsi tried hard to find the real papers through Masawi, but they learned the actual owner had died and all papers went missing.
Banda started pushing Chiutsi for those papers in January. Police had already taken the car once because it had missing license plates. Without proper papers, Banda could not apply for replacement plates. Feeling pressured, Chiutsi called Chimulambe, who knew people at the car registry. He paid him $60 for help.
Chimulambe asked a friend to create fake car papers. Banda checked these papers at the registry, where worker Ishmael Manjera told him they were fake. When Banda asked both men about this, they admitted to making false papers. He then called the police, who arrested them. Both fraudsters ended up before a judge for their crimes.
