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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87634, member: 27"]
An 18-year fraud sentence just survived every level of appeal after two ex-employees flipped their employer's land for US$3 million.

Supreme Court kills the final appeal
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[*]Jacob Muyambo and Saymonds Mutakura lost their bid before three Supreme Court justices.
[*]Justices Mavangira, Lovemore Makoni, and Hlekani Mwayera tossed the case outright.
[*]Delatfin Civil Engineering gets all disputed residential stands back on its registry.
[*]A third co-accused, Amos Kagona, fatally shot himself before sentencing.
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How the fraud operation worked
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[*]Muyambo used his finance manager role to greenlight fake sales agreements.
[*]Stolen stands were earmarked for later disposal by Delatfin anyway.
[*]All three split the cash and banked on nobody noticing quickly.
[*]Bogus paperwork helped bury the transactions from detection.
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Court rulings stacked against them
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[*]Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje originally handed down 20-year terms.
[*]Two years got suspended for good behavior, leaving 18 firm.
[*]High Court Justices Zhou and Wamambo called it premeditated and serious.
[*]Buyers of those illegally sold stands lose ownership entirely.
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