One Money theft accused brand officer and billing engineer granted bail

 

Rutendo Mazhindu

Zim Now Reporter

NetOne employees, Linda Mutemeri, 30, and Dee Munyaradzi, 30, were arraigned before Harare Magistrate’s court yesterday on allegations of contravening the Cyber and the Data Protection Act in Harare.

The first accused person is employed by Netone as a Brand Officer whilst the second is employed as a Billing Engineer.

Allegations are that sometime between February and July 2023, the accused persons acted in connivance with Blessing Tizirai Mudarikwa who is still at large.

They sought to hack the Netone system with the intention of misappropriating funds.

The court heard that the accused persons shared the company’s confidential, sensitive, and critical internal configurations with Mudarikwa who is a known hacker, enabling him to access the system.

Unfortunately, he failed to access the pool account due to complex security mechanisms in the system, as a result of the accused persons alleged conduct, NetOne’s financial resources were potentially prejudiced.

The accused persons were granted US$500 bail.