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Fuel looting spree lands pair in court
30 Nov 2015 at 05:28hrs | Views
Two women allegedly went on a spree defrauding fuel companies and service stations after lying that they were in the business of selling bulk fuel, the court heard last week. They allegedly used the same method to defraud other people of chickens, beef, cellphones and kapenta after telling them they owned such businesses. It was alleged that Maggie Muchanyara (50) and Shuvai Chimedza (36) would approach fuel companies and misrepresent that they owned service stations and at the same time they would approach service stations and misrepresent that they owned fuel supplying companies.
Thereafter, they would ask the fuel companies to deliver fuel to service stations promising cash on delivery. Once allocated the fuel, they would lead the delivery truck to the service station pretending to have brought the consignment, get cash from the garage owner and disappear, leaving the truck driver stranded.
The driver would be left engaged in a heated argument with the garage owner over payment for the delivered fuel. The two appeared before Mr Tendai Mahwe facing several counts of fraud involving more than $40 000 and were remanded in custody after prosecutor Mrs Idah Mateke-Maromo strongly opposed bail.
It is the State's case that on November 4, Muchanyara and Chimedza went to Primero Fuel Suppliers and pretended to be fuel buyers. They misrepresented that they were the owners of MCH service station and were given quotations for 10 000 litres of diesel.
They proceeded to MCH service station and pretended to be owners of Primero Fuel Suppliers and were given an order to supply 10 000 litres. The pair went back to Primero Fuel Suppliers and requested for an order of 10 000 litres of diesel promising to pay cash on delivery.
Muchanyara and Chimedza led the delivery truck with the 10 000 litres of diesel to MCH service station where they ordered the driver to park while they collected the payment from the office.
In the MCH offices, they met Brian Chisaka and misrepresented that they had brought the fuel and needed their cash and were given $5 000. The balance of $5 000 was to be paid after offloading. Muchanyara and Chimedza went outside and disappeared. MCH officials later asked the truck driver to offload the fuel, but he refused arguing that he wanted payment before offloading.
The officials told him that they had already paid his bosses while referring to Muchanyara and Chimedza. Using the same method, the pair duped Mashwede Diesel Services of $5 260 after misrepresenting that they were owners of RNF Petroleum in Mbare.
In another similar charge, Muchanyara and Chimedza approached Ndaitei Renzva and misrepresented to her that they owned a canteen and wanted chickens. They were given 88 chickens worth $440 and disappeared before paying.
They used the same method to dupe Agnes Ali of $196 after she had supplied them with 59kg of beef. Kapenta dealer Jonathan Hakunavanhu lost $10 200 worth of kapenta to the pair, the State alleged. Chimedza also swindled Vengai Shonhiwa of $4 570 after he had given her five cellphones on credit and also conned July Tasunungurwa of $2 000 using the same method.
Thereafter, they would ask the fuel companies to deliver fuel to service stations promising cash on delivery. Once allocated the fuel, they would lead the delivery truck to the service station pretending to have brought the consignment, get cash from the garage owner and disappear, leaving the truck driver stranded.
The driver would be left engaged in a heated argument with the garage owner over payment for the delivered fuel. The two appeared before Mr Tendai Mahwe facing several counts of fraud involving more than $40 000 and were remanded in custody after prosecutor Mrs Idah Mateke-Maromo strongly opposed bail.
It is the State's case that on November 4, Muchanyara and Chimedza went to Primero Fuel Suppliers and pretended to be fuel buyers. They misrepresented that they were the owners of MCH service station and were given quotations for 10 000 litres of diesel.
They proceeded to MCH service station and pretended to be owners of Primero Fuel Suppliers and were given an order to supply 10 000 litres. The pair went back to Primero Fuel Suppliers and requested for an order of 10 000 litres of diesel promising to pay cash on delivery.
Muchanyara and Chimedza led the delivery truck with the 10 000 litres of diesel to MCH service station where they ordered the driver to park while they collected the payment from the office.
In the MCH offices, they met Brian Chisaka and misrepresented that they had brought the fuel and needed their cash and were given $5 000. The balance of $5 000 was to be paid after offloading. Muchanyara and Chimedza went outside and disappeared. MCH officials later asked the truck driver to offload the fuel, but he refused arguing that he wanted payment before offloading.
The officials told him that they had already paid his bosses while referring to Muchanyara and Chimedza. Using the same method, the pair duped Mashwede Diesel Services of $5 260 after misrepresenting that they were owners of RNF Petroleum in Mbare.
In another similar charge, Muchanyara and Chimedza approached Ndaitei Renzva and misrepresented to her that they owned a canteen and wanted chickens. They were given 88 chickens worth $440 and disappeared before paying.
They used the same method to dupe Agnes Ali of $196 after she had supplied them with 59kg of beef. Kapenta dealer Jonathan Hakunavanhu lost $10 200 worth of kapenta to the pair, the State alleged. Chimedza also swindled Vengai Shonhiwa of $4 570 after he had given her five cellphones on credit and also conned July Tasunungurwa of $2 000 using the same method.
Source - the herald
