Webster Shamu loses $30,000 in fuel scam

Former Government minister Webster Shamu allegedly lost almost $30 000 to a former employee at his WEBCON High Glen Total Service Station.

Willis Nyamusaduka (39) of No. 1994, Whitecliffe, Harare - who was employed as a supervisor at the service station yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Milton Serima facing theft of trust property charges after allegedly stealing the money.

Nyamusaduka is expected back in court today when his lawyer, John Ndomene, will make a bail application. Prosecutor Michael Reza opposed bail arguing that Nyamusaduka might interfere with witnesses.

Allegations are that between January 2014 and April 2015, Nyamusaduka received money from fuel attendants and under-banked a total of $29 126 which he converted to his own use.

The court heard that to cover the offence, Nyamusaduka allegedly destroyed all the bank deposit slips and computer-generated receipts, leaving behind the cash register in which he had endorsed the correct amounts banked.