By SIMBARASHE SITHOLE
A 38-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man, who stole a Nedbank corporate automated teller machine (ATM) card and withdrew $441 742 before purchasing a Honda Fit, was yesterday sent to jail by a Guruve magistrate.
Tafadzwa Gondwe pleaded guilty to the charge before magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa who sentenced him to an effective two-year jail term.
Prosecutor Albert Charewa told the court that on March 21, Madhuveko Mubaiwa (49), who is a treasurer at a private company, offered the convict a lift from Velvekia to Mvurwi.
The ATM card was beside the driver’s seat. Gondwe, who is a nephew to the complainant, knew the card’s private pin number.
He stole the card while disembarking from the car.
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Mubaiwa proceeded to Harare and only discovered that the card was missing when he got to a tollgate.
On March 30, Mubaiwa was approached by his company’s chief finance officer with a bank statement which showed 17 withdrawals had been made from the account.
The finance office demanded receipts for the transactions.
Mubaiwa filed a police report on April 2, leading to Gondwe’s arrest.
He confessed that he stole the card and withdrew the money.
Police managed to recover $189 000 and the Honda Fit.
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