Zimbabwean police
arrested former Big Brother Africa (BBA) winner Wendall Parson on fraud
allegations, involving $25,000 in car insurance.
A police spokesperson, Andrew Phiri on Sunday said Parson was
arrested on Friday. He is accused of forging documents that he used to
claim insurance for his Ford Ranger vehicle that was involved in an
accident on March 16. Police suspect that the car was not insured when
it crashed while parson was travelling from the city of Bulawayo to the
capital Harare. He said,
” I can confirm that we have arrested Wendall Parson on allegation of lodging a false insurance claim with Alliance Insurance Company.
“On 16 March this year the accused travelling in a Ford Ranger from Bulawayo, had an accident, he then insured the same vehicle on March 18 and tried to claim an amount of $25,000 as insurance for the vehicle. Alliance then got suspicious and launched an investigation which led to his arrest.
Supt Phiri said the BBA Star will appear in court soon. Wendall was
the winner of Big Brother amplified, alongside Karen Igho in 2011.
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