UZ student defrauds OK of US$13 000

court charged with US$13 000 fraud.
The third-year student, Munashe Mushava (22), had access to the swan retail menu, which the supermarket had given to its branch managers and accountants to load cash into credit cards.
He fraudulently loaded non-existing cash amounting to US$13 000 into his shop easy credit card which he had opened using a fictitious company name.
Mushava was not asked to plead to the charge when he appeared before Harare Magistrate, Mr Donald Ndirowei.
He was remanded out of custody to October 23 on US$100 bail.
As part of his bail conditions, Mushava was ordered to surrender his travel documents and not to visit OK head office, among other conditions.
Prosecutor, Mr Daniel Muchimbiri, alleged that sometime in September this year, Mushava applied for a shop easy credit card at OK Mart in the name of Flexim Investments.
He said the card is used to purchase goods at any Ok supermarket after depositing money with any branch.
Mushava, who had access to the swan retail menu, which was only used by branch managers and accountants, fraudulently loaded US$13 000 into his card on the pretext he had paid the money to OK Mart.
Mr Muchimbiri said between September 14 and October 6 Mushava went on a shopping spree around all the nine branches of OK, where he bought groceries and electrical gadgets worth US$10 059.
The supermarket’s branch accountant, Gwinyai Mutete, discovered the offence and a trap was set.
Mushava was arrested on October 7 when he tried to buy groceries using the credit card.