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ZACC Arrests Belgian Businessman For Externalising US$180k | Full Statement

1 year agoSat, 16 Apr 2022 07:19:45 GMT
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ZACC Arrests Belgian Businessman For Externalising US$180k | Full Statement

Statement by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on the arrest of a Belgian businessman for externalisation of foreign currency.

ZACC ARRESTS BELGIAN NATIONAL FOR EXTERNALISATION

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested a Belgian national, Daleyot Erez, for externalization involving more than USD$180 000.

Erez is the major shareholder in Raiz-El Nickel Processing (Private) Limited with a 70percent stake.

It is alleged that sometime in December 2021, Erez hatched a plan to prejudice the Government of Zimbabwe thousands of United States dollars through his company Raiz El-Nickel Processing.

To achieve his plan, Erez allegedly exported 240 tonnes of copper/nickel alloy valued at USD180 000.00 to Tera Africa, a South African Company, at undervalued prices.

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The money was supposed to be paid to the Raiz-El Nickel Processing (Pvt) Ltd Ecobank account in Zimbabwe but instead, Erez bypassed this to avoid paying tax by instructing Tera Africa to pay the export proceeds to his South African registered company, Knight Corp, through South African bank, First National Bank (FNB).

Further investigations established that since December 2021, the foreign currency earnings of the accused person were not received by Ecobank Zimbabwe Limited depriving the country of thousands of dollars in undeclared incomes and loss of revenue through externalization.

It was also established Erez’s company corruptly posted huge losses to the Government by declaring minimal taxable profits and not acquitting CDI Forms within 90 days in violation of the Exchange Control Regulations.

The Reserve Bank Exchange Control Regulations require all foreign currency earnings to be received within 90 days or within an approved extension period by the Exchange Control.

Non-acquittal of CDI forms constitutes an offence in terms of Section 5(1) of the Exchange Control Act.
Erez was remanded in custody by a Kwekwe Magistrate to 20 April for bail hearing.

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