adminbusinessman of US$5 000, yesterday appeared in court charged with fraud.
Matambanadzo (43) who was represented by Mr Wellington Pasipanodya of Manase and Manase appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Shane Kubonera who remanded him to July 1 on US$100 bail.
Matambanadzo was ordered not to interfere with State witnesses, reside at his given address and report once every Friday at the CID serious frauds.
The State led by Ms Svodai Kadivirire alleges that on March 27 this year Matambanadzo together with Edith Chinyangare and Kennedy Remigio Zimondi who have since appeared in court, acted in common purpose and hatched a plan to defraud the complainant, Mr Jimmy Mukurumbandi of money. Pursuant of their plan, it is alleged the trio misrepresented to him that they were organising a trip to Geneva in Switzerland on government business.
It is alleged that the arrangement was that Mukurumbandi would proceed with them and stand in for Zimondi whom they all agreed was under sanctions.
The three allegedly requested the complainant to pay US$5 000 for the trip as it was self-sponsored and would be refunded upon return. Mukurumbandi agreed to the arrangement with the trio well knowing such a trip was not in place, the court heard.
Sometime in April, Matambanadzo with Chinyangare reportedly went to Onesky Travel Agency, where they made a booking for tickets, which they did not pay for.
In a bid to convince Mukurumbandi that all was well, they all went on to show him a travel itinerary document, which they all knew was a quotation made for the Geneva trip, it is alleged.
As a result of the alleged misrepresentation by Matambanadzo and company, Mukurumbandi suffered a prejudice of US$5 000 and nothing was recovered.
Peter Tanyanyiwa
Online Reporter