News / Nationalby Staff reporterA Harare businessman has been dragged before the courts facing allegations of fraud after he allegedly forged company documents to remove his wife as a shareholder, siphoned money through secret bank accounts, and fraudulently obtained loans.Murombo Josiah Mimana (46), the director of MIMJ Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, appeared before Harare Regional Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa charged with five counts of fraud. He was not asked to plead and was released on US$500 bail. However, Mimana is accused of engaging in a series of fraudulent acts over the years to assume full control of the company and divert funds.In July 2021, Mimana allegedly applied for a loan of ZWL$27.5 million from Ecobank Zimbabwe, forging Mtisi's signature on the application. He is accused of filing a forged CR14 form to formalize the deception and instructed a change in the company's banking details without her knowledge.Later that year, Mtisi discovered the changes through a message from a colleague and correspondence with Nedbank, confirming that Mimana had issued the instruction. She also discovered a High Court order, HCH 2552/25, which Mimana allegedly obtained fraudulently, declaring that she was no longer a shareholder or director.The prosecution says Mimana went further by secretly opening multiple bank accounts for the company between 2011 and 2021, forging Mtisi's signature on the account-opening forms.