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court charged with fraud.
Yeukai Wilma Rumema (23) was based at the Gweru branch and her duties included receiving cash from clients and banking it.
She is accused of receiving US$35 044 from clients and pocketed the money. She was not asked to plead to the charges when she appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Shane Kubonera. Rumema was remanded to July 15 for routine remand on US$200 bail.
Appearing for the State Ms Vernancia Mtake alleged that between January and March this year, Rumema received undisclosed cash from the company’s clients.
Rumema, it is alleged, was supposed to bank the money into the company’s account.
However, she did not bank all the money thereby pocketing part of it amounting to US$35 044, it is alleged. The matter came to light on March 31 when the company’s loss control officer, Mr Festo Madembo checked the balance sheet of the branch’s account and discovered some money was missing.
As a result, it is alleged an internal audit which was carried out, unearthed the scam.
Rumema was arrested after a report was lodged with the police and she reimbursed US$6 000.