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Six former Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Sun Casino employees could have stolen more than half a million dollars from their employer within a year.
Tawanda Misheck Mutamiri (32), Jennifer Moyo (39), Tapiwa Marecha, Pertina Nyoni(26), Nqobani Mabhena(39) and Khathazile Moyo(43) appeared in court before magistrate Charity Maphosa facing fraud charges.
It is said Mutamiri, a technician, was the ring leader while the other accused were cashiers.
Their division of labour was such that Mutamiri was responsible for technical aspects of the slot machines would manipulate the atronic slot machine system by inserting credit cards with small or zero balances then later open the machines using a key.
The card would be ejected with a higher balance than when initially inserted.
The cashiers were responsible for checking if there were any credit cards in slot machines before registering cash outs into computers.
They covered their tracks by clearing machines and all statistical data.
However, Patson Magwegwe, an accountant representing ZITF Sun Casino told the court that audits conducted proved the casino suffered a $590 000 loss and nothing was recovered.
The accused, the court was told, did not know that the slot machines save historical information into the database.
The information was used as proof there were illegal cash in and cash outs being done.
The accused are out of custody and will appear in court on 18 October.
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