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Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent
A 30-year-old woman has appeared in court on allegations of swindling a local firm of $3 million in a botched fuel deal.
Chenaimoyo Vimbainashe Gwatidzo of 254 Heatheringten Close, Chishawasha Hills, Harare was facing fraud charges when she appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi. The court heard that on January 18 the complainant wanted to purchase fuel for his company and he was referred to Gwatidzo by one Tawanda Mangi.
It is alleged that the complainant then met Gwatidzo in Harare’s Central Business District and she misrepresented to the complainant that she was a Marketing Executive for Premium Petroleum PL, a company that allegedly has access to import fuel using local currency.
It is the State’s case that Gwatidzo ordered the complainant to pay $3 393 000 into Premium Petroleum PL’s alleged CBZ bank account.
The amount was for 30 000 litres of diesel.
The court heard that on January 25 Gwatidzo advised the complainant to pay USD$3 500 for logistic purposes and the funds were collected by Gwatidzo’s alleged Operations Manager Dylan (NEPK).
It is alleged the complainant waited for delivery of the paid fuel at his Depot in Msasa, Harare but to no avail. The complainant then tried to locate Gwatidzo to solve the matter but she became evasive and went into hiding.
The matter was reported to the police leading to her arrest. Investigations revealed that Gwatidzo is not employed by Premium Petroleum PL.
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