A NATIONAL Blood Service Zimbabwe (NBSZ) employed has been convicted of forgery and sentenced to 630 hours of community service.
Trymore Jairos (26), who was employed as a laboratory wash-up attendant under the finance executive, pleaded guilty to four counts of forgery before Harare magistrate Tapiwa Banda.
Initially, he was sentenced to 24 months in prison.
However, six months of the sentence were suspended on condition of good behaviour, while the remaining 18 months were commuted to community service.
The complainants in the case are Sisodwa Zanani, the safety, health, environmental and quality executive at NBSZ and Radhi Chikwereti, the finance executive at the same organisation.
State prosecutor Audrah Chitoro told the court that on September 12, 2024, Jairos forged Zanani’s signature on a memorandum of understanding.
The document falsely indicated that Zanani had agreed to guarantee a loan of US$3 000 for Jairos from Edgars Club Plus.
The fraud came to light on February 5 when Edgars Club Plus contacted Zanani following up on repayment.
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Jairos also forged the signature of Chikwereti on another memorandum of understanding to obtain an identical loan under the same scheme.
Jairos repeated the fraudulent act twice, targeting both complainants.
