Businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe face a potential jail term after High Court Judge Justice Pisiriyai Kwenda convicted them in a high-profile fraud involving the Presidential Goat Pass-on Scheme worth over US$7.7 million.
Delivering the ruling, Justice Kwenda declared that the State had proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
The court found that Mpofu was actively involved and acted criminally in his capacity as one of the directors of Blackdeck Private Limited
The court heard that Mpofu and Chimombe, through their company Blackdeck, manipulated the tender process using unregistered trade names and submitting fraudulent documents, including a fake tax clearance certificate and a counterfeit NSSA compliance certificate.
The two are expected back in court on October 31 for the pre-sentence hearing.
