Harare- A syndicate of fake war veterans who raked more than 3 million dollars of public money have been arrested.
Two members of the Harare based Nehanda Housing Corporative were arrested last night in a major police breakthrough. Two others were on the run last night with cops vowing to track them down. Never Kowo and Keri Mhute, all senior managers spent the night in cells at Harare Remand and are assisting police in investigations.
“They were stealing millions from us all this while for the last fourteen years and giving all sorts of lame excuses”, a source told ZimEye.com Tuesday morning.
One of them recently bought a construction grader for $500,000 registered in his son’s name and they reportedly “built gigantic houses for themselves using our money,” the source, who is a client, said.
Kowo and secretary Mataruka, a bodyguard of President Mugabe with high rank created the estate agent for greed and to suck money from the masses who are desperate home-seekers, sources say. More to follow…