Munyaradzi Mashiri- Court Correspondent
A finance manager at Conflict of Management Transformation has been sentenced to an effective three years in prison for defrauding a business partner of US$108 000 in a fake supply deal.
Shingirai Cele, of Mount Pleasant Heights, appeared before Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere charged with fraud. She was handed a six-year prison sentence—one year was suspended, and another two were suspended on condition that she restitutes the complainant.
The complainant, Siza Diriza, was lured into the scam between September and November 2021 by Cele and her alleged accomplice Irene Tatenda Nyikadzino, who is still on the run.
The court heard that Nyikadzino misrepresented to Diriza that she had secured a tender with a non-governmental organisation to supply basic commodities such as sugar beans, maize meal, and sanitary pads but needed financial partners to fulfill the order.
She promised a weekly return of 60% profit from the US$48,000 they claimed would be made from the US$156 000 total sales.
Diriza agreed to invest US$108 000 in the deal. However, after making the payment, no goods were delivered, and efforts to recover the money failed—leading to Cele’s arrest and prosecution.
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