TWO Mukuru employees have been taken to court on money-laundering and fraud.charges after they allegedly stole US$100 000 from their employer.
Bessie Mbiro, 35 and Tinotenda Ranganwa 31 appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Thursday and were granted US$500 bail each while the matter was remanded to August 20.
They were represented by Moses Nyatsoma.
The State alleges that sometime in October 2023, the two accused connived with other accused persons who are still at large, and registered several accounts with Send Money Home trading as Mukuru using stolen identification cards and driver's licenses.
In pursuit of their plan, they allegedly advertised, inviting unsuspecting individuals that there were parcels sent from abroad and as such they would have to pay for agent fees through Mukuru's platform.
It is alleged that Mbiro would then supply an order number which she sent using her mobile phone and identification card of the account where the money would have been transferred into Ranganwa''s account .
According to court documents, Ranganwa would allegedly withdraw the money using the stolen identification documents supplied by Mbiro, and later share the loot.
On June 7, 2024, a Mukuru compliance officer noticed a suspicious transaction at Ranganwa's workstation.
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TWO Mukuru employees have been taken to court on money-laundering and fraud.charges after they allegedly stole US$100 000 from their employer.
Bessie Mbiro, 35 and Tinotenda Ranganwa 31 appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Thursday and were granted US$500 bail each while the matter was remanded to August 20.
They were represented by Moses Nyatsoma.
The State alleges that sometime in October 2023, the two accused connived with other accused persons who are still at large, and registered several accounts with Send Money Home trading as Mukuru using stolen identification cards and driver's licenses.
In pursuit of their plan, they allegedly advertised, inviting unsuspecting individuals that there were parcels sent from abroad and as such they would have to pay for agent fees through Mukuru's platform.
It is alleged that Mbiro would then supply an order number which she sent using her mobile phone and identification card of the account where the money would have been transferred into Ranganwa''s account .
According to court documents, Ranganwa would allegedly withdraw the money using the stolen identification documents supplied by Mbiro, and later share the loot.
On June 7, 2024, a Mukuru compliance officer noticed a suspicious transaction at Ranganwa's workstation.
The company's security team searched Ranganwa's workstation and recovered four suspicious identity cards .
Further investigations revealed that these were the IDs used to carry out the illegal transactions, withdrawing various amounts from the same teller since December 2023.
CCTV footage showed Ranganwa doing the transactions on his own and stashing them in his pocket.
The company's security team searched Ranganwa's workstation and recovered four suspicious identity cards .
Further investigations revealed that these were the IDs used to carry out the illegal transactions, withdrawing various amounts from the same teller since December 2023.
CCTV footage showed Ranganwa doing the transactions on his own and stashing them in his pocket.
