SA investor duped by Zim partner

SOUTH African investor, Imran Valley, recently lost assets worth $650 000 to his Zimbabwean business manager Azeem Hassim, who allegedly used fake documents to register a grocery retail and wholesale business, Pickday Investments (Pvt)Ltd, in his name.

Valley recently took Hassim to court over the fraudulent takeover of the firm in which he had been appointed co-director.

Last week, Hassim had his application for discharge thrown out by Harare magistrate Noel Mupeiwa, who ruled that he should be put to his defence.

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