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.<\/p>\n
Delivering the ruling, Justice Kwenda declared that the State had proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n
The court found that Mpofu was actively involved and acted criminally in his capacity as one of the directors of Blackdeck Private Limited<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The two are expected back in court on October 31 for the pre-sentence hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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