Tinaye Agere
Nyore Madzianike
OK Zimbabwe, one of the country’s leading supermarket, has been duped of US$55 661 after one of its employees in charge of Ecocash at Kwame Nkurumah branch transferred the money into his own account.
Talent Success Munamati was taken to Harare Magistrates Court charged with theft of trust property.
He was not asked to plead to the charges when he appeared before Magistrate Me Dennis Mangosi, who remanded him to November 28 on US$100 bail.
The State led by Mr Mufaro Chonzi alleges that between April 8 and August 29, Munamati was entrusted by OK Zimbabwe to be in control of its Ecocash Agent Account conducting and supervising cash-in and cash-out transactions.
He was in total control of OK Zimbabwe Ecocash Agent Account, according to the State.
It is alleged that he made two separate transfers of US$30 884 and US$24 777 from Ok Zimbabwe to his own Ecocash Agent Account in the name of Giants of Tomorrow.
The offence was discovered on October 18.
Online Reporter