A CHINESE national based in South Africa, who is facing a fraud charge, was on Monday denied bail when he appeared before Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka.
Hu Dong, who was remanded in custody to today for trial, allegedly defrauded Sunny Yi Feng Tiles Company of R2,7 million by buying tiles using fake proof of payments.
Chakanyuka denied Hu bail saying he may flee the country as he had no relatives in Zimbabwe and neither did he have any properties in the country.
State prosecutor Pardon Dziva alleged that on June 17 last year, Hu came to Zimbabwe and misrepresented to the Norton-based tiles company that he had capacity to pay for some floor tiles worth R1 007 224.
He was given the tiles which were delivered to an unknown destination in South Africa.
The State further alleged that Hu then sent a fake proof of payment to the complainant purporting that he had transferred R1 007 224 from his South African Standard Bank account.
On August 24, 2022, Hu used the same modus operandi and was given some floor tiles equivalent to R649 952, which he again delivered to an unknown destination in South Africa.
Again, he sent a fake proof of payment to the complainant purporting that he had transferred R649 952 from his South African Standard Bank account.
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On 28 November 2022, Hu used the same trick and was given tiles worth R1 019 884.
The court heard that on Tuesday last week, Hu went to the complainant’s premises intending to use a similar tactic and ordered some floor tiles costing US$45 000.
But Sunny Yi Feng Tiles Company had since discovered that Hu had used fake proof of payments. He was arrested as he tried to flee from the company premises.
