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A Delta Beverages manager who swindled the company of more than US$125 000 in a branded glass deal has appeared in court charged with fraud.
Marshal Ranganai Mazengeza, a finance manager, at Delta Southerton depot denied the charge when he appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Don Ndirowei.
He was remanded on US$300 bail to February 21.
Prosecutor Ms Memory Chidavaenzi alleges that on September 16 2009, Mazengeza connived with Sindiswa Sachiti, Muchaneta Lucia Ndachena, Blessing Munjwana to defraud the company.
Sachiti and Ndachena communicated with a South African company AFCL (Pty) Ltd, owned by Nkosana Moyo, to be supplied with Coca-Cola branded glasses, the court heard.
Moyo allegedly sent a quotation which Mazengeza and Ndachena signed.
It is alleged that Mazengeza authorised a fraudulent transfer of US$60 000 to a company called Silver Cloud owned by Stanslas Matare.
On October 7, Mazengeza allegedly approved further deposits of US$30 000 apiece into Sachiti, Munjwana and AFCL’s bank accounts.
It is alleged that promotional materials were repeatedly sold to Delta through Matare’s company and Nyasha Sachiti who is still at large.
On November 6 2009 Mazengeza allegedly caused a further transfer of US$30 000 into AFCL’s account.
In a bid to cover-up the offence, Mazengeza allegedly made a fictitious e-mail purporting to have been sent by Moyo to Delta giving them instructions to make the transfers into an agent’s company account (Silver Cloud) in Zimbabwe.
Investigations conducted by detectives established that Moyo disowned the e-mail that was allegedly sent to Delta.
A total of R150 000 was recovered.