Rumbidzai Bushu, director of Simukai Financial Services, a Bureau de Change, and her alleged accomplice, Aleck Mufambi, appeared in court on charges of defrauding a client, Marjorie Kennan, of US$97 110.
The two were each granted US$400 bail, and the case was postponed.
According to the prosecution, Bushu and Mufambi allegedly misled Kennan into believing they could provide the required Zimbabwean dollar amounts for council bills and an endowment payment.
Kennan handed over US$97 110, and in return, Bushu provided fake proof of payment documents.
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Investigations later revealed that the documents were forgeries and that the transactions never took place.
Simukai Financial Services lost its Bureau de Change license in December 2023.
Bushu implicated Mufambi in the scheme, alleging that he assisted in producing the forged documents and received part of the stolen funds.
So far, only US$37 110 has been recovered.
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