A banker, who allegedly manipulated the banking system he was supposed to protect and created fake accounts to swindle his employer of about US$2,3million, has had his fleet of five cars seized as part of investigations into his criminal enterprise.
Cletas Tonderai
Nyakambiro, 38, who was employed as an Internal Control Officer at Stanbic Bank,
has already appeared in court.
His suspected
accomplice, Candrink Kupakuwana of Mainway Meadows in Harare, is on the run.
Cletas claims
he studied at the University of South Africa and his digital footprint appears
to show a man who loves his family, especially his twin children.
A number of his
social media posts also show that he loves his beer and having fun.
The fleet of
vehicles, which has been impounded by the police as part of their
investigations, includes a Toyota Fortuner, a Chevrolet Cruize, a Toyota Aqa, a
Land Rover and a Mercedes Benz S280.
Nyakambiro
allegedly connived with Kupakuwana, 49, to open two fraudulent bank accounts.
He is now
facing charges for Contravening Section 8 (1) (a) of the Money Laundering Act
and Fraud as defined in Section 136 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform
Act Chapter 9:23.
A statement
from the ZRP Criminal Investigation Department (CID) spokesperson, Detective
Inspector Rachel Muteweri, said the crime was committed three years ago.
“On September
27, 2022, the accused person, employed as an Internal Control Officer at a
renowned bank, connived with his accomplice, who is still at large, to open two
fraudulent bank accounts,” said Det Insp Muteweri.
“In furthering
their criminal enterprise, the duo meticulously altered the intended tax
beneficiary account and diverted the funds to the fraudulent accounts, which
they subsequently misappropriated for personal gain.
“This
fraudulent activity resulted in the bank suffering a total prejudice of
US$2,293,483.84 and ZWG514 735,41 in the process.
“A total of 10
movable properties, a Toyota Fortuner, a Land Rover, Chevrolet Cruize, Toyota
Aqua and a Mercedes Benz S280 have since been recovered as proceeds of crime.
“Cletas
Tonderai Nyakambiro appeared before Harare Regional Magistrate Feresi
Chakanyuka and Public Prosecutor Kudakwashe Muza on May 24, 2025.
“The Zimbabwe
Republic Police is now on the trail of the outstanding accused person Candrick
Kupakuwana, whose known address is 2751 Mainway Meadows, Waterfalls, Harare.” H
Metro
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