The woman accused of fleecing Zimbabweans in the UK through her pyramid scheme says those people abusing her on social media are wasting their time. Faith Nechironga says she has done nothing wrong.
“First of all it’s not a scheme. This is a round not a scheme. Everyone will receive their money according to the month they follow into. This is an inconvenience to everyone who received and those who were waiting to receive their turn, that’s how rounds works. We are now waiting for 3 people to receive theirs on the 30th of September. Those who are insulting me l have blocked, if insulting would (have) solved the problem l am sure everything should have been cleared by now. They went on social media and spread me everywhere, for what? I don’t respond to threat(s) and l don’t negotiate with threats! I am not moved with lies on social media. And l do not reward evil. I feel sorry for those who are in this round and had never said anything or insult me or any other member in the red passport round 2”.
Nehanda Radio reported Faith Domingos Nechironga and her sister Patience Nechironga, a newly registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), were behind the scheme that was started on Facebook.
The scheme was divided into two groups. One was called “The real holiday pals of UK” were members were asked to contribute £334 each towards the cost of holidays.
Over £14 000 was collected in August alone with group admins claiming over 100 families were due for holidays during the half term in October.
The second group was the “Red Passport Group” were over 30 women were asked to contribute £200 each and then in turn get £6000 each to help pay for the cost of applying for British citizenship.
Problems started when one of the group admins identified as Marjorie posted a message saying she was pulling out because she did not think she would receive any money.
Queries from other members came flooding through with questions being asked about where the money had gone and why she was panicking about the disbursement of money.
A series of excuses and finger pointing among the admins led to the whole scheme unraveling with members demanding their money back while others claimed that the flights and holidays they had been promised were in fact not booked.
In an interview Faith Domingos Nechironga denied any wrong doing and challenged disgruntled members to report to the police if they felt she had committed any crime.
“I arrange for people to go on holiday. This group was formed to help people in exploring the world and to see what’s there. The group is not only for Zimbabweans, it’s for people from all over the world. In this group we managed to do about two rounds.
“Our calendar runs for 12 months depending on how many people we have. So each month we pay three people (Red Passport Group). (Meanwhile) Holiday Pals is not a business, it’s a community group, we share our holidays, we share our videos and places to be.
Faith claimed they were not making any money from the two groups and so she could not be accused of fraud.
“If someone commits fraud you do not first go to the media, you go to the police. So this has happened with two or three people who were trying to destroy the group.
“How do you say you have lost money if you are doing a round that takes 12 months? I don’t know why someone who is meant to receive their money in September or November would say I have lost my money and yet it’s not your turn to receive money.”
