4 NetOne employees steal US$750 000 airtime

Zim Now Writer

Four NetOne employees have been arrested for stealing pin-less credit airtime from NetOne Cellular worth ZWL$565 999 964 (around US$750 000).

The suspects identified as Primrose Maireti, 32, Kumbulani Nyapfumbi, 30, James Mwanza, 35, and Simbarashe Mandimutsira, 27 reportedly sold the pin-less credit airtime to dealers at a higher discount than the company.

It is alleged that a total of ZWL$565 999 964 worth of airtime was stolen from December 3, 2022 to January 19, 2023.

NetOne employees were sharing the loot with the airtime dealers.

“Police detectives teamed up with the NetOne Loss Control and Fraud Management Unit to track the suspects, leading to the arrest of Mwanza.

“Checks made confirmed that Mwanza received ZWL$50 000 000 worth of pin-less airtime form the deal. He implicated Maireti and the other suspects,” police said.

A Honda Fit motor vehicle registration number AFW 6813 was recovered from Nyapfumbi which was bought using proceeds from the loot.

Investigations also revealed that Nyapfumbi bought a residential stand for US$11 000 and another Honda Fit vehicle chassis number GE6-1744428 for US$3 971.

The vehicle is on its way from Japan.

The police said all suspects and their accomplices will face the full wrath of the law for fraudulent activities.