EMCOR employee fabricates invoices, defrauds compa...

EMCOR employee fabricates invoices, defrauds company of US$1 500

Michael Mashiri

A former salesman of EMCOR Industrial Supplies Private Limited defrauded the company US$1 500 using fabricated invoices and orders.

Tapfumanei Shumbanhete, 52, of Kuwadzana 1 was charged with theft.

The complainant in this matter is Alibu Liveni, 52, director of Emcor Industrial Supplies Private Limited.

The State, through prosecutor Thomas Chanakira, alleges that sometime in March, Liveni was informed by his new branch manager that Shumbanhete who was employed as a salesman had fabricated an order to Steel Tech which was not known by Liveni.

This allegedly triggered suspicion since Liven's company was experiencing a decline of sales.

The new branch approached Shumbanhete and asked him about the issue but he distanced himself from the order.

The branch manager then discovered that Shumbanhete fabricated a quotation book and kept it inside his car which was not known to the company which he used to supply invoices with higher values to company clients.

The court was informed that after collecting the money, Shumbanhete would fabricate another similar quotation with same quantity, same product but with lesser amount which he would then raise cash sales through the storesman.

It is alleged that Shumbanhete would also collect money and buy stocks for resale at lower prices but would then inflate figures before converting the differences to his own use.

In other instances, Shumbanhete visited company's debtors and collected money on behalf of the company but would either surrender less than what he had collected and failed to account for the differences.

Upon discovering the offence, Liveni reported the matter at ZRP Glen Norah leading to Shumbanhete's arrest.

As a result, US$1 500 was prejudiced.

The accused was ordered to deposit US$50 as bail and will appear in court on July 30, 2024