A former Mutare Teachers’ College student was last Thursday
recently arrested as he walked off the capping podium on allegations of
stealing US$3 000 from FBC Bank.
24-year-old Asume Patrick Mangundu, who was not asked to
plead to the charges, but remanded to September 18, had to leave the college
premises in the company of detectives.
He was remanded in custody. Mangundu was being charged with theft as defined in Section
113 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23 when he
appeared before Mutare magistrate, Ms Purity Gumbo on Wednesday.
Mr Godswish Dzivakwe prosecuted.
Allegations are that during the period between January and
May 2019, Mangundu, who was employed as an agent for Elaine Marketing and
Promotions (Private) Limited which is responsible for selling FBC Instant cards
made a cash withdrawal transaction of $59,99 using his own FBC Instant card
realising fully well that FBC Holdings bank systems were down and that his bank
account had no money.
He unlawfully activated the card which he had been
allocated for resale and failed to register it into the system which was his
duty.
He later took another FBC Instant card among the cards issued
to him for sale, went to Mutare Teachers College where he was previously a
student. At the college he paid $1 398 for his own school fees arrears on
January 18.
“Mangundu then made two more transactions of $472,89 and
$111,70 at Capital Foods on January 22 and a further two transactions of
$131,25 and$16 at National Tested Seeds using the same card,” said Mr Dzivakwe.
The value of property stolen was US$3 059 and nothing was
recovered.
Even though the State had opposed bail given the amount
involved, Ms Gumbo said she could not give Mangundu bail on the grounds that
accused persons in similar cases have a tendency of interfering with witnesses.
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