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ANOTHER Rainbow Hotel cashier in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $37 000 from the employer by altering daily takings purporting that clients had cancelled bookings.Ignatious Muragani (30) of 142 Mahatshula South appeared before magistrate Ms Gladmore Mushove yesterday facing a charge of fraud.
He was not asked to plead to the charge and was remanded out of custody to 24 September on $200 bail.
Murangani was ordered to reside at his given address until the matter is finalised and to report once a week on Friday at Bulawayo Central Police Station and not to interfere with witnesses.
Muragani would purport that some clients had cancelled their bookings when in fact they would have spent the night at the hotel and paid.
He becomes the second cashier from the hotel to appear in court after Musa Massimo of 56766 Old Lobengula, whose trial started last week for a similar offence involving more than $14 000.
For the State Mr Malven Nzombe would seek to prove that between 9 September 2011 and 30 March last year, Muragani on 60 occasions allegedly received cash amounting to $37 580 from different clients, which he was supposed to bank.
Muragani’s duties included booking and checking-in clients, accepting payments and banking money received on a daily basis.
Instead of banking the money, Muragani allegedly converted it to his own use.
To cover his tracks, he would purport some clients had cancelled their bookings when in fact they would have spent the night at the hotel and paid, the court was told.
The offence was unearthed by the Rainbow Tourism Group head of internal audit and risk, Mr Samson Chitsato when he carried out an audit.
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