FOUR men from Bulawayo have been arrested after they
allegedly swindled a private company of $26 000 by cloning the company’s bank
card.
Divine Gandawa (38), from Nkulumane 12, Farai Gandawa (29)
from Pumula South, Malcom Stanley Migogo (36) from Cowdray Park and Cylous Ndlovu
(38) from Pumula South appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Ms Sbonginkosi
Mkandla facing charges of fraud last week.
The case was postponed to 14 March for trial. The four,
according to court papers defrauded PPC Zimbabwe.
Presenting the State’s case, prosecutor, Mr Simbarashe
Manyiwa told the court that on 1 May 2007 Mr Ian David Sheasby who was employed
as a commercial director was issued with a Stanbic Visa card, card number
4069 0910 0517 3868.
On 31 March, he resigned from the company and handed over
the card to Joan Alexander, the company accountant who then secured the card by
locking it in a drawer in her office.
He said on a date unknown to the court, but between the
period extending from 31 March 2018 and 23 October 2018 the accused persons
unlawfully acquired the card information and went on to duplicate it.
From 31 March 2018 and 23 October 2018 the accused persons
went on to make swipe transactions at various outlets and made several
purchases of electrical gadgets, groceries and beverages using the duplicated
card.
It was the State’s case that Mrs Karen Mhazo (PPC financial
director) discovered there were financial transactions being debited to the
card while the original card was safely kept in the drawer.
She made a report at Stanbic Bank and also surrendered the
original card to the bank. Stanbic Bank then blocked the card on 28 October
2018.
Mr Manyiwa said a report was also made to the police
leading to the arrest of Divine Gandawa and Farai Gandawa and the recovery of five
— 43 inch Samsung LED television sets purchased using the card.
The two implicated Ndlovu resulting in his arrest. It was also further established that further investigations
led to the arrest of Migogo and the recovery of a 43-inch JVC LED television
set. The total prejudice was $26 529,39 and some of the property recovered was
worth $6 686. Sunday News
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