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A 21-YEAR-OLD illegal foreign currency dealer has appeared in court accused of giving his client counterfeit US$800.
Joshua Chakabvapasi was denied bail when he appeared before Harare magistrate, Yeukai Dzuda, yesterday.
He will be back in court today for bail hearing.
Chakabvapasi is being accused of duping the accused of $623 000, via a Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) transaction, in exchange for US dollars.
Circumstances are that on July 17, the complainant, who was in the company of his friend Thomas Mwatura, approached the accused at Eastgate Shopping Mall after pretending to be an honest foreign currency dealer.
The accused told the complainant that he had US dollars and could exchange them for an RTGS transaction.
The complainant transferred $623 000 from his BancABC account into the accused’s Stanbic account. Chakabvapasi then gave the complainant the fake US$800 in US$100 and US$50 notes.
The accused opened the complainant’s car where the transaction was done and he fled from the scene.
He was arrested on July 24 after a tip off.
Anesu Chirenje appeared for the State.
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter