A MONEY transfer company employee was yesterday dragged to court accused of stealing US$25 000.
Ruvarashe Misi (25), who was employed by Trolleycom Finance (Pvt) Limited trading as MojoMula, appeared before Harare magistrate Fadzai Mtombeni, who remanded her out of custody to November 27 for trial.
The State led by Vimbiso Rundare told the court that Misi’s duties included processing money transfer transactions for MojoMula customers.
It is reported that on October 16, MojoMula money transfers head of operations Colbert Zvenhamo noticed that Mashwede High Glen Branch, Harare, was conducting some World Remit payout transactions after hours of business.
He also discovered that all transactions done after hours were World Remit transactions and were all fraudulent.
A close analysis of the activity was done by Zvenhamo, which revealed that from October 12 to 15, Misi made five money transfer transactions amounting to US$2 113 to one Collate Makuvire, which were fraudulent.
A system audit was then conducted on Misi’s credentials and transactions which uncovered that she has been doing these illicit deals since May 14.
On October 17, Zvenhamo made a report to the police leading to arrest of the accused and recovery of money amounting to US$4 033, while over US$21 000 is still missing.
- MojoMula loses US$25K to employee
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