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Soldier gets nine months behind bars for fraud
19 Apr 2012 at 19:04hrs | Views
A 22-year-old soldier, Wilbert Gudo has been jailed an effective nine months for impersonating his colleague to withdraw money from his bank account without his consent.
Gudo is employed by the Zimbabwe National Army and stationed at 33 Infantry Battalion in Kwekwe made a report to the police that he had lost his national identity card and other items in his wallet before being given a temporary ZRP Form 169 for use. With the document he managed to withdraw US$50 from Pride Gombiro's account at POSB Mhangura.
The offence was discovered when he attempted to withdraw an amount higher than the actual balance in the account at another POSB branch in Chinhoyi on the same day. The owner of the account Gombiro had withdrawn all the money at POSB Chitungwiza in between Gudo's first withdrawal and attempt later that day. He was arrested and appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate Mr Sam Chitumwa facing fraud charges and misrepresenting to a public authority.
Presenting the case prosecutor Mr Vote Zishiri told the court that Gudo went to Braeside Police Station in Harare on April 11 and made a report that he had lost his national registration, military and bank cards that were in his wallet. He misrepresented that he was Gombiro before being given the document with the false particulars.
He went on to withdraw money from Gombiro's account in Mhangura on the strength of the document before travelling to Chinhoyi on the same day wanting to withdraw US$350. However, the transaction could not be processed as it indicated that two other withdrawals had been made in Mhangura and Chitungwiza.
Gudo is employed by the Zimbabwe National Army and stationed at 33 Infantry Battalion in Kwekwe made a report to the police that he had lost his national identity card and other items in his wallet before being given a temporary ZRP Form 169 for use. With the document he managed to withdraw US$50 from Pride Gombiro's account at POSB Mhangura.
The offence was discovered when he attempted to withdraw an amount higher than the actual balance in the account at another POSB branch in Chinhoyi on the same day. The owner of the account Gombiro had withdrawn all the money at POSB Chitungwiza in between Gudo's first withdrawal and attempt later that day. He was arrested and appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate Mr Sam Chitumwa facing fraud charges and misrepresenting to a public authority.
Presenting the case prosecutor Mr Vote Zishiri told the court that Gudo went to Braeside Police Station in Harare on April 11 and made a report that he had lost his national registration, military and bank cards that were in his wallet. He misrepresented that he was Gombiro before being given the document with the false particulars.
He went on to withdraw money from Gombiro's account in Mhangura on the strength of the document before travelling to Chinhoyi on the same day wanting to withdraw US$350. However, the transaction could not be processed as it indicated that two other withdrawals had been made in Mhangura and Chitungwiza.
Source - Byo24News
