Holiday Inn accounts supervisor up for allegedly d...

Holiday Inn accounts supervisor up for allegedly defrauding group of US$340k

Zim Now Writer

A 41-year-old Holiday Inn accounts supervisor, Knowledge Munetsi Makoni appeared before Mutare magistrate, Prisca Manhibi last week on charges of fraud as defined in Section 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23.

Makoni allegedly defrauded the city hotel a whopping US$340 000 together with an unnamed employee who is still at large.

His accomplice, whose name was yet to be established, has been declared a fugitive from justice.

He was not asked to plead and was released on US$500 bail on Monday.

Makoni was ordered to surrender his passport to the police, report once every week at Mutare Central Police Station and not to interfere with State witnesses.

He was also ordered to continue residing at his given address until the finalisation of the matter.

Prosecutor Talent Nyamuzuwe told the court that sometime between June 2023 and March 2024, Makoni and his accomplice misrepresented themselves to Holiday Inn Mutare by replacing the original deposit slips with new ones with a lesser value from the original and under-banked the cash.

They converted cash, amounting to US$340 537, to their own personal use.