A Zimbabwean man who was jailed for five and half years in the USA for fraud is fighting to represent Zanu PF in Mazowe North. Camp...
A Zimbabwean man who was jailed for five and half years in
the USA for fraud is fighting to represent Zanu PF in Mazowe North.
Campion Mugweni admitted that from October 2006 until April
2007 that he schemed with others to prepare and electronically file fraudulent
income tax returns by using personal identification information without
authorisation, and then used those fraudulent tax returns, which showed that
refunds were owed to the taxpayers, as a basis for obtaining fraudulent refund
anticipation loans from banks.
Judge Kinkeade ordered that Mugweni pay $1,965,637 in
restitution. As part of the Government’s agreement with Mugweni, he
forfeited the more than $40,000 in funds seized during an execution of a search
warrant in April 2007 and funds IRS-CI seized from his bank accounts. In
addition, the Government seized Mugweni’s 2005 Hummer H2 vehicle and his 2006
Land Rover Range Rover vehicle. Mugweni was later deported.
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