Zim Now Writer
A former hotel manager in South Africa who is of Zimbabwean origin, Tinomudashe Samuel Chitonga, was recently granted R20 000 bail following a R1.1 million fraud case laid against the him.
Chitonga appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates’ Court facing fraud allegations, uttering, cyber fraud, cyber forgery, and theft. He committed the crimes while an employee of the Boutique Hotel in Camps Bay, Cape Town.
Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) spokesperson, Zinzi Hani, confirmed Chitonga is facing an array of charges, saying:
“Chitonga was arrested by members of the Cape Town Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team on Tuesday, this week.
“It is reported that between August 2021 and February 2023, the accused accessed various online bookings and changed the banking details to his personal bank account.”
It is alleged that Chitonga used the hotel account to swindle the business by laundering the stolen money into his personal account.
The matter has been postponed to May 19.
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