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Zvikomborero Parafini
ANOTHER suspect has been nabbed in the Zvikomborero Farms theft case where over US$144 000 was stolen by former employees.
Benias Manzunzu was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa who released him on US$100 bail.
Zvikomborero Farms is being represented by Catherine Mutandwa, who is the company accountant.
Manzunzu was employed as a supervisor from June 2019 to October 2023.
Prosecutors claimed that Zvikomborero Farms had a system which was installed by Aldotech Solutions.
Manzunzu’s accomplices Panashe Chivandire and Brian Gasamu, who is yet to be arrested, would make sales using swipe, Ecocash being directly credited into the company’s CABS Bank account.
Manzunzu’s accomplices would hand over the cash to him and he who would in-turn hand over the money to the finance department for banking.
It is alleged that on October 3, 2023, Mutandwa, through the finance department, carried out a spot check on the business financial records and discovered that no funds were being credited into the company’s CABS account, using the swipe and Ecocash facility.
To cover up the offence, Manzunzu and his accomplices, would record the cash sales as sales from swipe and Ecocash.
An audit was done and it was established that Manzunzu and his accomplices received cash amounting to US$144 439 from daily sales and converted the money to their own use.
Rufaro Chonzi appeared for the State.
