Bulawayo lawyer ‘forges title deeds, sells house without owner’s knowledge

A TOP Bulawayo lawyer, Russell Dzete, allegedly ganged up with three accomplices and forged title deeds which they used to sell a house in the city’s leafy Suburbs residential area for $50 500 without the owners’ knowledge, a court heard yesterday. Bulawayo magistrate Ms Evelyn Mashavakure heard this when Dzete (33) of Athlone Flats corner JMN Nkomo Street and Masotsha Ndlovu Avenue appeared before her facing fraud charges. Dzete, who is with Marondedze, Mukuku and…

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Bulawayo Lawyer, ‘James Mutsauki’ Flees,& High Court Has Placed The Law Firm Under Curatorship

A BULAWAYO lawyer, Mr James Mutsauki, is on the run and the High Court has ordered his law firm to be placed under curatorship after the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) detected alleged trust fund fraud involving more than $30,000. The ruling by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese yesterday follows an urgent chamber application by the LSZ which sought an order to have the law firm placed under curatorship for defrauding clients. Justice…

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