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Fungai Lupande
Mashonaland Central Bureau
OK Zimbabwe’s branch manager for Chegutu has appeared at Bindura magistrate court for swindling his employer of over ZiG 500 000 in swipe deals using Shop Easy debit cards.
Armshell Tagwida (27) appeared before Bindura magistrate Mr Felix Chamunorwa facing fraud charges.
The prosecutor, Ms Sheila Maribha, told the court that between January and August this year at OK Chegutu, Tagwida credited money into four corporate Shop Easy debit cards without providing proof of deposit and using Moline Nyagomo’s password.
Tagwida credited the DA’s office with ZiG 157 659,04, St Mark High School with ZiG 107 404, Brand Agro with ZiG 164 356,51, and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints with ZiG 144 898,95.
The four Shop Easy debit cards were given to OK Bindura till supervisor Takundanashe Nhemwa, who is currently on the run.
Nhemwa swiped groceries worth ZiG 525 173,25 at OK Zimbabwe Bindura using the debit cards.
The crime was uncovered during financial statement checks, and CCTV footage showed that Nhemwa was the one using the debit cards.
Upon his arrest, Tagwida led detectives to his house where US$782 was recovered from under the bed.
Additionally, groceries worth ZiG 44 009,28, which were not collected by Nhemwa, were recovered at OK Bindura.
Online Reporter