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Cop steals $90K, goes AWOL
04 Jan 2018 at 08:53hrs | Views
A 33-year-old Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer is on the run after allegedly embezzling $90 000 meant for officers who were deployed for Biometric Voters Registration (BVR) exercise in Mashonaland West.
Sources close to investigations allege Sargent Lameck Karombo who is a finance assistant with ZRP at Mashonaland West provincial headquarters, transferred the money from the police account to his Agribank account.
"On 2 January 2018 at around 11:00hours a bank statement regarding ZRP Mashonaland West Provincial Contingency Account, CBZ Bank Chinhoyi Account number 22980790015 was requested and issued.
"On analysing the bank statement it was discovered that there was no money in the account. A further analysis reflected that two transactions involving $60 000 and $30 000 were effected on 21 December 2017," revealed the source.
Police details visited CBZ Chinhoyi branch where the money was transferred into Karombo's Agribank account number 1100000073369 and an application was done to freeze the account which had a bank balance of $13 609,15 after he had already used $76 390.85.
Mashonaland West police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabweazara confirmed the case but refused to shed more light.
"That case is there unfortunately l am yet to get all the details as to that regard," he said.
Meanwhile, ZRP officers in Mashonaland Central province who are reportedly in three phases in getting their BVR are yet to be paid.
Investigations by Bulawayo24.com proved that the first phase got $198.00, the second got $60 while the third is yet to get a single cent from their employer out of the agreed $480.
Sources close to investigations allege Sargent Lameck Karombo who is a finance assistant with ZRP at Mashonaland West provincial headquarters, transferred the money from the police account to his Agribank account.
"On 2 January 2018 at around 11:00hours a bank statement regarding ZRP Mashonaland West Provincial Contingency Account, CBZ Bank Chinhoyi Account number 22980790015 was requested and issued.
"On analysing the bank statement it was discovered that there was no money in the account. A further analysis reflected that two transactions involving $60 000 and $30 000 were effected on 21 December 2017," revealed the source.
Mashonaland West police spokesperson Inspector Clemence Mabweazara confirmed the case but refused to shed more light.
"That case is there unfortunately l am yet to get all the details as to that regard," he said.
Meanwhile, ZRP officers in Mashonaland Central province who are reportedly in three phases in getting their BVR are yet to be paid.
Investigations by Bulawayo24.com proved that the first phase got $198.00, the second got $60 while the third is yet to get a single cent from their employer out of the agreed $480.
Source - Byo24News
