THREE men, who allegedly defrauded Ecobank of US$73 000 through a company called Jerrypat Electricals (Pvt) Ltd are set to appear in court tomorrow for bail ruling .
Nigel Gwanzura, Mluleki Dube (48) and Rasheed Mkwala (26), who are being represented by a Macmillan Zinyakatira and Tapson Dzvetero, appeared before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei.
Gwanzura is a former employee of Ecobank who left the bank for a local financial institution as a relations manager, while Dube is one of the company directors at Jerrypat Electricals.
Mkwala is employed by Ecobank Zimbabwe as customs officer.
Between January 31 and April 30 this year, Gwanzura during his time at the bank, allegedly took advantage of his position as a personal banker and made cash transfers of US$59 000 on three occasion into Dube’s Ecobank account.
The court heard that Dube would then withdraw the money which they allegedly shared and converted to personal use.
Gwanzura, before his resignation on April 30, allegedly approached Dube, who created credentials for a company for the purpose of an online banking platform and a total of US$73 000 was then fraudulently transferred to the account.
It is alleged that Ecobank was prejudiced of US$73 000, with US$27 641,15 having been recovered from Jerrypat Electricals’ account.
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