adminwithdraw money from their bank accounts.
Lewis Chipunza (25), allegedly stole US$4 860 from CBZ account holders. Testifying against Chipunza, a CBZ loss control official said Chipunza who is facing fraud charges was identified through CCTV.
“CCTV was used to establish the culprit who gave the vouchers to the bank teller to be processed.
“Although the pictures did not show the contents of the voucher but we positively identified Chipunza,” he said.
Harare magistrate Mr Lazarus Murendo remanded Chipunza to August 5 for trial continuation.
The State alleges that from July 30 2010 Chipunza who was employed as a ledger clerk acquired withdrawal vouchers. Chipunza allegedly forged clients’ signatures and presented the vouchers to a bank teller purporting that he had been granted the permission to withdraw money by the clients from their accounts. It is alleged that Chipunza would get the money after tendering the fake vouchers but did not sign for it.
The offence was discovered when a client was referred to the loss control manager with a query. The client disowned the transaction, leading to the commissioning of investigations. It was discovered that the signature on the voucher did not match that of the client held by the bank.
The bank teller who processed the voucher at the Kwame Nkrumah branch was identified leading to the implication of Chipunza.
CBZ suffered a prejudice of US$4 860 as the bank reimbursed the clients.
derick.khumalo