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A HARARE man has appeared in court for allegedly duping Lee Capital (Pvt) Ltd of $8 million.
Lighton Chizema, 22, was granted $100 000 bail when he appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi.
He will be back in court on February 14.
Sometime last month, the company’s tenant, Manoj Prasad, lost his cellphone and made a police report.
It is alleged that Chizema picked up the cellphone and started using it.
Chizema used Prasad’s WhatsApp to send messages to Linda Baipai, from Lee Capital, purporting to be Prasad, asking her to make a bank transfer of $8 million.
He promised he would give her US$10 000 in exchange.
Linda believed she was communicating with Prasad and asked for the banking details to transfer the money.
The court heard that Chizema gave her a CBZ Bank account, belonging to a company called Capital Hive (Pvt) Ltd.
The money was transferred to the account.
When Linda went to Prasad’s place to collect the money, she discovered that he had lost his phone and it was being used by someone else.
She then reported the matter to the police.
The police went to Capital Hive (Pvt) Ltd the director indicated that Chizema had approached him looking for US dollars.
It is alleged that the director gave Chizema US$9 091, which was equivalent to $8 million.
Nothing was recovered.
Pardon Dziva prosecuted.
Online Reporter