Chimombe out on bail

Chimombe out on bail

Mako Jerera
Former Affirmative Action Group (AAG) leader Mike Chimombe who was arrested yesterday on fraud charges was today released by the Harare Magistrates` Court on bail.
Chimombe was granted ZWL$ 50 000.
Chimombe, who recently left AAG to form his own splinter collective known as EEG, was arrested on allegations of swindling a man US$16,900 after selling him a non-existent housing stand.
Chimombe, 41, was picked up from his Borrowdale Brooke mansion on Monday by detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) shortly after 8AM.
Marungamise is said to have paid US$16,900 for the stand in Tynwald, before discovering that he had been swindled.
Posting on twitter, the Zimbabwe Republic Police confirmed the arrest and said he was arrested together with his brother Steven Chimombe and Heymish Katsande.
“The ZRP confirms the arrest of Mike Chimombe (41) for fraudulent land deals which occurred between August 2020 and December 2021 in Harare where the complainant was duped US$16 900.
The other suspects, Heymish Katsande (33) and Steven Chimombe (33) were arrested in July 2022 and have already appeared in court where the matter was remanded to 26 October 2022,” ZRP said.
This is not the first time Chimombe had been on the spotlight, he recently was in the eye of an adultery scandal after he allegedly impregnated his wife’s younger sister.