Mehboob Valia Gocha

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Charge:	Extortion
Sentence:	"10 years imprisonmentor payment of $550,000 restitution"
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Year Crime:	2008
Year Convicted:	2009
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Zimbabwe
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City of Crime:	Harare
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Abdul Rajak Ibrahim Talati and Mehboob Valia Gocha were Indian nationals and codefendants wrongly convicted in 2009 of extorting US$550,000 from a Harare, Zimbabwe businessman, Mohamed Sabir Mohamed Iqbal Patel, after misrepresenting that they were working for Vice President Joice Mujuru and former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Dr Gideon Gono. Talati and Gocha were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, with the previso they could avoid prison by each paying restitution of $275,000 before January 1, 2013. In July 2014 Zimbabwe's High Court quashed the defendant's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence of their guilt. At the time of their convictions Talati was 33 and Gocha was 31."
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Innocence Proved By:	In July 2014 Zimbabwe's High Court quashed the defendant's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence of their guilt.
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Information Source 1:	"Two win High Court appeal, Fidelis Munyoro (Chief Court Reporter), The Herald (Harare, Zimbabwe), July 21, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.herald.co.zw/two-win-high-court-appeal/
Information Source 2:	"VP Mujuru fingered in property scam, By Staff writer, NewsDay (Zimbabwe), July 28, 2012"
Information Location 2:	https://www.newsday.co.zw/2012/07/28/2012-07-28-vp-mujuru-fingered-in-property-scam/
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Mehboob Valia Gocha

Charge:

Extortion

Sentence:

"10 years imprisonmentor payment of $550,000 restitution"

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

2008

Year Convicted:

2009

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Zimbabwe

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Harare

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In July 2014 Zimbabwe's High Court quashed the defendant's convictions on the basis the prosecution introduced insufficient evidence of their guilt.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Two win High Court appeal, Fidelis Munyoro (Chief Court Reporter), The Herald (Harare, Zimbabwe), July 21, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.herald.co.zw/two-win-high-court-appeal/

Information Source 2:

"VP Mujuru fingered in property scam, By Staff writer, NewsDay (Zimbabwe), July 28, 2012"

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https://www.newsday.co.zw/2012/07/28/2012-07-28-vp-mujuru-fingered-in-property-scam/

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