The two appeared before Chiredzi magistrate Tsatsawani Ndaba for contravening section 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23, fraud.
Presenting the state case, the prosecutor Liberty Hove told the court that on the dates between November last year and June this year the two received varying amounts of money from companies such as FSI Cotton, Cottco, Cargill, Steelmakers and Corrugate as levy payments. Upon receipt of the money the two connived and converted US$54 692 to their own use and indicated to their superiors that the clients had made their payments through RTGs after the council management made inquiries about the payment.
The court also heard that the two insisted that the companies had made their levy payments through RTGs and after inquiry with the companies it was revealed that all the payments from November last year were made in cash and not by means of RTGs as the two employees had implied.
The two failed to give a satisfactory explanation when they were asked what had happened to the money and a report was made to the police leading to their arrest and
their subsequent appearing in court.
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