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Court Corresspondent
A FORMER corporate manager accused of defrauding a local company of nearly US$11 000 has been further remanded to September 10.
Simbarashe Emmanuel Martin Rondozai (38) is also a suspect in a kidnapping case for which he will appear in court on September 19 for continuation of trial.
In the fraud case, Rondozai is accused of converting to his own use, US$10, 811 recovered by his former employers, Wellcash Debt Collectors, on behalf of clients in 2024.
Rondozai allegedly committed the offences between March and December 2024 and nothing was recovered.
Rondozai, a former accounts manager at Wellcash Debt Collectors, is being charged with theft of trust property.
The company is being represented by Mr Cephas Ngorima.
According to the State led by Mr Takudzwa Jambawo, one of Rondozai’s duties was to collect debts on behalf of clients after which he was supposed to deposit the funds into the company’s ZB Bank account.
The funds were supposed to be eventually transferred to creditors who had engaged Wellcash to help them recover the money from debtors.
Instead of depositing the money into the company’s trust account, Rondozai squandered the loot.
A former debt collector with the company, David Matanda, alleges that he first withdrew U$8, 811 from his Ecocash account (number 0778 864 029) and handed over cash to Rondozai.
Rondozai was supposed to deposit the money into the company’s ZB Bank account but did not do so.
On the second occasion, Matanda received US$400 from a debtor through money transfer agency, Mukuru, which he handed over to Rondozai.
Matanda again received US$400 and US$300 from debtors Chicken Launch and one Chaluwa, respectively, which he again handed over to Rondozai.
Another debt collector with the company, Lancelot Muswere allegedly told Rondozai that he had collected U$300 from a debtor.
Rondozai allegedly instructed Muswere to transfer the money to Ecocash number registered in the name of the suspect’s mother, Mrs Mercy Rondozai.
