Source: Man breaks into Zimra server, steals $2,3m – NewsDay Zimbabwe February 28, 2019
BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE
A 34-YEAR-OLD unemployed man yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with unauthorised access to a computer linked to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Paynet server where he allegedly paid himself $2 385 073, through a fraudulently registered company.
Manase Manjovha was not asked to plead when he appeared before magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa, who remanded him to today for bail application.
The complainant, Zimra was represented by its information communication technology security manager Ebrahim Makunganya.
The State alleges that sometime in April last year, Manjovha and an accomplice Stephen Moreka, who has since been arrested, opened three bank accounts with POSB Bank in the name of Talent Mandebvu 4 of Mandebvu village, Chief Mashayamombe, Mhondoro.
The duo also allegedly opened two corporate bank accounts in the name of bogus companies called Limpstone Investments and Del Computers (Private) Limited.
It is alleged on May 4 last year, Manjovha, working in connivance with Moreka, remotely accessed the Zimra Paynet server and uploaded three files into the paynet system with a total value of $2 385 073,20 without authority and then cleared all server logs to cover the trail.
After accessing the Zimra server, they allegedly paid out $2 385 073, 20 to the accounts.
Manjovha is also facing another charge of acquiring a fake birth certificate. It is alleged that on January 2 this year, Manjovha went to the United States Embassy while misrepresenting as Sean Chiyangwa born on April 22, 1985 and applied for a visa to the US.
The State alleges that upon verifying the particulars he had tendered, it was established that Manjovha had fraudulently acquired a birth certificate, which he used to obtain the passport in the name of Sean Chiyangwa and was red-flagged on the Interpol wanted list. He was arrested on February 25.
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So these were caught what about the other bandits not on trial to date. Gono ,Dube etc. We have not forgotten ok.
Yaa, Zimbabwe is open for fraud & stealing NOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Imagine vanhu varikuswera vachiita kudhidha muServer yeZIMRA. So what are also those so-called experts & over-payed
guys who are supposed to protect the Servers doing? The register’s office is also issuing multiple Passport to criminals – while they make it very- very difficult for law abiding citizens to get them. How are multiple Passports easily obtained isu tichitorwa maFingerprints pose pose patinoda maPassports pamwe nekuzvitupa – are those not meant to identify such individuals who may want to obtain such documents in various aliases? Saka vanomapiwa seiko???? OPEN FOR STEALING, FRAUD, CORRUPTION, etc. nxaaaa!!!!!!
I also got scammed by the same Manase Manjovha who represented Himself to me as Talent Mandebvu. He scammed me US$8300 in May, I managed to apprehend Him on Saturday (2 days ago) and today He appeared in Court and was granted bail same time. I am very heartbroken, how do You grant bail to someone like that. He will definitely flea this one. I wish I could afford a lawyer, i want this guy to pay back that money. I am heartbroken.