ZACC Gets Leeway To Seize Wadyajena’s Haulage Fleet: Wadyajena Loses 25 Corruptly Acquired Trucks
Justice Wadyejena, Gokwe MP flashing his ritzy car
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has been granted power to seize 22 assets including haulage trucks belonging to troubled Gokwe-Nembudziya parliamentarian Justice Mayor Wadyajena following his arrest on charges of fraud and money laundering.
In a warrant of search and seizure from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption commission, 25 assets were listed for attachment, majority of which are trucks he allegedly acquired using the US$5 Million stolen from state owned COTTCO.
According to warrant of search and seizure, the trucks will be used as exhibit in a criminal docket against Wadyajena and his company Mayor Logistics Private Limited.
ZACC will also seize Wadyajena’s controversial lamborghini which had become a menace to Borrowdale Brooke residents due to the noise and speeding in the neighborhood.
Wadyajena To Lose 22 More Assets
The troubled Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator will also loose a BMW X6.
Wadyajena is in the eye of a fraud and money laundering graft involving US$5 000 000. He is accused together with four Cotton Company of Zimbabwe officials, Pius Manamike (54), Maxmore Njanji (47), Fortunate Maloi (34) and Chiedza Danha (39).
Allegations are that sometime in 2019, the four hatched a plan to defraud Cottco through fictitious purchases of goods purportedly for use by the parastatal.
Accused allegedly opened a shelf company called Pierpont Moncroix, which was later recommended by Molai to supply Cottco three million High Carbon Bale Ties valued at US$2,6 million to carter for the 2019 ginning season.
The name of the company created by the accused was the same as that of a Mauritian firm, so as to mislead Cottco.
On March 14, 2019, accused persons approved a fraudulent Purchase Order in favour of Pierpont Moncroix Mauritius valued at US$2 528 000 purporting that the company would supply 3 200 000 bale ties.
Instead of importing the bales, Wadyajena and his accomplices allegedly imported 25 haulage trucks from an American company called Giant Equipment in 2019 and 2020.
They registered the trucks under Mayor Logistics, which is owned by Wadyajena.
In November 2019, Manamike and Njanji allegedly issued a second purchase order on behalf of the Cottco company, which was valued at US$1 106 000 to buy bale ties from Giant Equipment company again.
The order was then approved though Giant Equipment had failed to deliver the first order but no bales were also delivered as the money was allegedly transferred to Afrozurich International in a currency swap deal.
Later in November 2021, Molai allegedly wrote an email to the Cottco’s treasurer in which she requested the company to pay a deposit of US$2 500 000 for the purchase of other bales from Energy Park company.
On November 23 2021, US$363 900 being part of transfer to CBZ Energy Park Account of US$750 000 was later transferred to Maropafadzo Energy (Pvt) Ltd Ecobank account and US$421 000 was transferred to Energy Park Bulk Fuels (Pvt) Ltd the following day.
On March 8 2022 and March 14 this year, two further payments were allegedly processed from Cottco’s CABS Account of US$450 000 and US$1 000 000 to Maropafadzo Energy company as requested by the supplier.
The court papers indicate that a total of US$2 200 000 was paid against the order of US$4 578 078.
The court also heard that investigations proved that Energy Park (Pvt) Ltd is in the fuel industry and sells fuel in bulk and direct to retailers and not bale ties.
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