{"id":53940,"date":"2026-03-26T05:07:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=53940"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:07:05","slug":"harare-businesswoman-in-court-over-alleged-us4-million-externalisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/26\/harare-businesswoman-in-court-over-alleged-us4-million-externalisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Harare Businesswoman in Court Over Alleged US$4 Million Externalisation \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>Harare Businesswoman in Court Over Alleged US$4 Million Externalisation<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By A Correspondent| A Harare-based businesswoman appeared in court yesterday facing allegations of externalising more than US$4 million without authorisation from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>Maud Patricia Liddell appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo but was not asked to plead to charges of externalisation and money laundering. She was represented by lawyer Arshiel Mugiya.<\/p>\n<p>According to the State, Liddell, who works as a bookkeeper, allegedly sold a property \u2014 Westend Properties, stand number 2057A in Salisbury Township, measuring 2 975 square metres \u2014 for US$4.3 million between March and May last year.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege that she later transferred US$4 085 000 out of the country without obtaining the required clearance from the central bank.<\/p>\n<p>The matter reportedly came to light on March 21 after detectives from the CID Asset Forfeiture Unit received information, leading to her arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Liddell is also accused of concealing or disguising the true nature, source and movement of the funds allegedly derived from the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>The State case is being handled by prosecutor Lawrence Gangarahwe.<\/p>\n<p>She is expected to return to court as investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Harare #Businesswoman #Court #Alleged #US4 #Million #Externalisation #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harare Businesswoman in Court Over Alleged US$4 Million Externalisation By A Correspondent| A Harare-based businesswoman appeared in court yesterday facing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[2381,10159,37,6694,10160,219,569,202,8617],"class_list":["post-53940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-alleged","tag-businesswoman","tag-court","tag-eduzim","tag-externalisation","tag-harare","tag-million","tag-news","tag-us4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53941,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53940\/revisions\/53941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}