Prosecutor Fransisca Mukumbiri alleged that on July 18, Tsumba, acting in connivance with another council employee who is already on remand, hatched a plan to defraud their employer of $30 000.
It is alleged he received $39 718 from various Harare City Council clients which was supposed to be banked on June 19. Tsumba and his accomplice entered incorrect information of the amounts they had received into the computer system and withheld $30 000.
The offence was discovered during daily reconciliations of the deposit slips banked against the bank statement. The trial continues on 17 September.