A HARARE woman yesterday appeared in court charged with stealing US$107 000 from her Chinese boss.
The prosecution told the court that after the theft, Marvelous Mapfumo allegedly shared her loot with two police officers stationed at Central Criminal Bureau, Harare, who are currently on the run.
Mapfumo was remanded in custody to Monday next week.
Allegations are that on May 30, 2024 in Highlands, Harare, Mapfumo stole US$107 000 from the complainant, Mey Sisi Lin.
It is alleged that she later hared the money with Hebert Chikwiza and Paul Kondo after they promised to protect her.
On June 12, 2024, detectives from CID Nkulumane, Bulawayo, received information from three sources that Mapfumo had boarded a truck to South Africa via Botswana.
The detectives acted on the information and arrested her.
She was then brought back to CID Highlands, Harare, where she implicated Chihwiza and Kondo as her accomplices.
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Further investigations established that the trio met at a lodge in Waterfalls, where they allegedly shared the loot.
The two police officers shared US$60 000 between themselves, while Mapfumo got US$47 000.
Chihwiza went on to take Mapfumo’s share for safe-keeping saying he suspected that she was being tracked by detectives.
The court heard that Kondo later took Mapfumo to his girlfriend’s house in Sunningdale, where he restricted her from talking to anyone while he organised to take her to South Africa to evade arrest.
Rufaro Chonzi represented the State.
