Chrome deal turns sour as "partners" disappear wit...

Chrome deal turns sour as "partners" disappear with investment

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Michael Mashiri

A man and woman have been arraigned to court after defrauding money from another woman claiming they were in a position to resale chrome ore to ZIMASCO.

Ethaton Munyukwi, 38, of Chitungwiza and Molly Shuvha, 36, of Mhondoro were arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi accused of fraud or, algernatively, violating Section 136 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act, Chapter 9.23.

The State, through Zebediah Bofu, alleges that Munyukwa and Shuvha wanted to steal money from the complainant.

The two went to her workplace at Mkushi Depot in Harare, and lied to her that they were able to find chrome ore from miners and resale it to ZIMASCO.

They also said that they had accounts to carry out the transactions with ZIMASCO.

On October 26, 2022, Munyukwi texted and called the complainant insisting that she gives him money so he could buy chrome.

He told her as a way of enticing her that if she injected more money, she was going to get more profit.

Around February 11, 2023, the complainant gave Munyukwi an accumulative amount of US$1 220 for the transaction he had promised her to commence.

The complainant later made efforts to contact the two in a bid to get her profits back after the promised period had lapsed, but the two were evasive.

After realising that the complainant made a report which resulted in their arrest.

Mangosi ordered Munyukwi and Shuvha to appear in court on May 11, 2023 pending finalisation of investigations.