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Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent
A freelance sales agent with Gtel (Pvt) Ltd yesterday appeared in court accused of converting to personal use $13 092 obtained from selling handsets. Sharon Chinogara (30) faced theft of trust property charges when she appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Elijah Ma- komo. She was granted $100 bail. As part of her bail conditions, she was ordered not to interfere with State witnesses, to continue residing at her given address and to surrender her passport.
Allegations are that in 2015 Gtel (Pvt) Ltd entered into a commission sales agreement/contract with Chinogara in which she would sell handsets on behalf of the company and get paid a commission.
The court heard that between August 2015 and January 2016, Chinogara was given a total of 31 Gtel handsets worth $13 092 to sell and remit the sales proceeds.
It is alleged that during that period Chinogara sold the handsets for cash amounting to $13 092 and unlawfully converted the money to her own use.
It is alleged that, to cover up the offence, Chinogara went to Gtel (Pvt) Ltd and submitted credit application and declaration forms indicating she had sold the handsets on credit to civil servants in the Zimbabwe National Army, Zimbabwe Republic Police and POSB customers.
The court heard that Chinogara fraudulently acquired copies of pay slips and national identity cards for members of the ZNA and submitted them to Gtel misrepresenting that the owners had bought handsets from her.
The offence came to light when Gtel started deducting money from the alleged creditors through the Salary Service Bureau (SSB).
The court heard that the purported customers approached Gtel and denied ever buying the handsets on credit.
The matter was reported to police leading to Chinogara’s arrest.
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