A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) employee appeared at the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Court last week facing allegations of defrauding his employer of $16 290 in potential revenue.
BY SILAS NKALA
Tembani Nyasha (30) of Romney Park in Bulawayo was not asked to plead to the charge of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure on Friday.
He was remanded to September 6 on $60 bail.
Prosecutor, Nkathazo Dlodlo told the court that between July 9 and 11 this year, Nyasha, who is a revenue officer at Zimra, captured Pay as You Earn returns for January 2012 to June 2016 and for 2012 to 2015 income tax returns respectively in respect of a client, Siphathisiwe Portia Moyo outside the prescribed period as defined by Zimra procedures.
The State alleges that Nyasha abused his office by failing to disclose the anomaly and as a result, caused the State to suffer a loss of $16 290 in potential revenue for three years that the client was supposed to submit to the government.
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The anomaly was discovered by senior Zimra officials, who reported the matter to the police, leading to his arrest.