Prominent singer, Dorcas Vambe also known as Mai Dhuterere of Waterfalls, Harare appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court on fraud charges.
Dorcas Vambe is also the wife of award-winning gospel artist Mambo Dhuterere.
Allegations are that Mai Dhuterere and her accomplice, her brother Kudakwashe Vambe who is still at large, misrepresented to the complainant that they had a Toyota Hilux GD6 on sale.
They further misrepresented that the complainant could get two vehicles on his budget of USD 16000.
They also misrepresented that the singer had a waiver “courtesy of the President of the republic of Zimbabwe for singing for the nation” and they could bring the vehicles to Zimbabwe duty-free.
The complainant handed over USD 16000 to the accused person which she receipted in form of an affidavit committing to deliver the vehicles in two weeks time.
The accused person failed to deliver the vehicles but gave the complainant a Ford Ranger registered in Botswana, promising to give him another car, a Mercedes Benz C200 later.
The complainant drove the Ford Ranger which was eventually impounded by the police for being used without a valid temporal permit.
The accused person was granted USD100 bail.
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