Kundai Teswa (24) was remanded on $5 000 bail to August 23.
The State alleged that on December 9 last year at the South
African embassy in Harare, Teswa connived with his suspected accomplice Peace
Chipere, who appeared in court on Saturday, and masqueraded as Ephraim Anesu
Gandanzara.
The duo allegedly misrepresented through a WhatsApp group
that they were UZ employees who could facilitate change of programmes for
students.
Acting on the misrepresentation, the unsuspecting
complainant engaged Teswa and Chipere, and he was made to send US$100 through
the Mukuru money transfer facility to Gandanzara.
The complainant later made his own investigations with
officials from the UZ, and he discovered that he had been duped. UZ officials
then made investigations with the assistance of Mukuru officials.
They discovered that the accused person and his accomplice
withdrew money at a Mukuru branch at Groombrige Spar in Mount Pleasant, Harare,
on July 23, 2021.
On July 28, 2021, the accused was arrested at the same
Mukuru branch while attempting to withdraw US$$100 sent by another victim
identified as Daniel Nembaware. Upon arrest, Teswa was allegedly found in possession
of a national identity card in the name of Gandanzara, and a cellphone with an
Econet line containing the messages which confirmed various amounts sent to the
account by different victims through the Mukuru facility. Newsday
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