admincash from various clients and preparing cash received for banking on behalf of the municipality.
Prosecutor Ms Fransisca Mukumbiri alleged that on July 18, Tsumba, acting in connivance with another council employee who is already on remand hatched a plan to defraud their employer of US$30 000.
It is alleged he received US$39 718 from various clients of City of Harare which was supposed to be banked on June 19.
Tsumba and his accomplice entered incorrect information of the amounts they had received into the computer system and withheld US$30 000.
They allegedly converted the money to their own use.
In a bid to cover up the offence, the two proceeded to write two deposit slips reflecting US$9 718.
They allegedly forwarded only US$9 718 with two deposit slips bearing the two different amounts.
On June 14, the pair deposited US$9 718 into council’s Kingdom Msasa bank account to cover up the offence.
Tsumba proceeded to file a fake deposit slip at City of Harare indicating that they had banked the full amount.
The offence was discovered during daily reconciliations of the deposit slips banked against the bank statement.
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