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Yeukai Karengezeka-Court Correspondent
The trial of a suspected fraudster Allen Thindwa Mzamu who was allegedly part of an organised syndicate that defrauded Zimbabwean companies that they had free funds to pay suppliers in South Africa in exchange for transfers in local currency has continued with the State leading its second witness.
Mzamu is facing three counts of fraud and one of possession of articles for criminal use.
He allegedly duped the companies of R1,2 million.
The witness is Mr Isaac Nhindiri who is employed as the operations director of Sitaz Health Care.
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Mr Nhindiri told the court that sometime in July 2019, Mzamu known as Mhandu called him on his cell phone saying he got his number from a nurse at West End Hospital.
This is where their company provides surgical supplies.
He told the court that Mzamu told him that he had free funds in South Africa and was willing to buy the surgical supplies in South Africa on their behalf and he would be paid locally.
Mr Nhindiri said Mzamu continued phoning him every month checking if their company had any payments that it wanted to be done in South Africa.
He said his company wanted to buy a JCB TLB, which is a tractor loader and backhoe, and he then checked with Mzamu if he could facilitate the transaction in South Africa on their behalf.
Mzamu, he said agreed to facilitate the transaction and that is when he referred him to his director Mr Zvakatarwa Makoto who transferred the equivalent of R953 925 to Mzamu.
He said Mr Makoto only told him of the transaction three days after he had dealt with Mzamu.
When questioned by the defence counsel whether he could positively identify Mzamu, Mr Nhindiri said he only spoke to him over the phone but was very sure that it was him because of his voice.
The trial continues on September 11.
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