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ZRA officers granted bail
Harare — Two Zimbabwe Revenue Authority officials who allegedly connived with four accomplices to defraud the authority of over US$52 000 last year appeared before the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday facing fraud charges.
Miriam Manyika (39) and Rosemary Mombeshora (41), who are both employed by Zimra as cashiers; Tichaona Chikavhanga (35), a clearing clerk with car dealership Redan Auto (Pvt) Ltd; and Barnabas Matinyarare (39), a clearing clerk with Strikers Freight Services (Pvt) Ltd were yesterday remanded to March 1 on US$300 bail.
Magistrate Mr Kudakwashe Jarabini ordered Manyika, Mombeshora, Chikavhanga and Matinyarare to report every Friday at CID Serious Frauds Section and surrender their travelling documents as part of their bail conditions. Manyika and Mombeshora were ordered not to go to their workplaces.
It is alleged that the four, acting in connivance with car dealer Terrence Nhira and a Zimra supervisor Nancy Tapera -- who are still at large -- defrauded Zimra by manipulating the receipting system and redirecting funds from other accounts into the Strikers Freight account. It is further alleged that in the process the suspects prejudiced Zimra of US$52 582.72 which they shared among themselves.
