Teenager duped in financial transaction
A 19-YEAR-OLD man appeared in court facing fraud charges involving $209 000.
Delani Masunda was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi.
Allegations are that earlier this month, Masunda connived, and acted in common purpose with other accomplices, who are still at large.
They approached the complainant, Norman Chivu, and told him that they had United States dollars they wanted to exchange for Zimbabwe dollars.
It is alleged that Masunda and his accomplices asked Chivu to pay for bulk groceries at a wholesale shop, by using the swipe system.
They would then give him the equivalent in US dollars.
Chivu gave Masunda and his accomplices an FBC ATM card and they bought groceries worth $209 000.
After swiping to pay for the groceries, Masunda and his accomplices took Chivu to Fourth Street and told him to wait in the car while they went into a certain shop.
After some minutes, the gang told Chivu to go into the same shop to collect his money.
As soon as Chivu entered the shop, the gang fled from the scene.
Chivu only discovered that he had been duped when he was told that the gang members were not employees of the shop.
He filed a police report.
Only Masunda was arrested and nothing was recovered.
Essel Zinhiva led the State.