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Message: [QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 66895, member: 636"] The High Court has postponed sentencing for convicted businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe to November 17 after they were found guilty of defrauding the government of more than US$7 million through the Presidential Goat Pass-On Scheme. A pre-sentencing hearing was scheduled for October 14. The court determined that Mpofu and Chimombe manipulated the government tender process by using their company, Blackdeck Private Limited, which prosecutors described as a front. They submitted forged tax clearance documents from ZIMRA and false NSSA compliance certificates, both of which are required for tender eligibility. The State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the pair secured the contract through these fraudulent actions. [/QUOTE]