Four Zimbabwe Media Commission workers faced a judge Friday because they stole millions of dollars worth of gas. Godwin Phiri heads the ZMC staff team. He showed up with money manager Tafadzwa Chikwiti, worker Revai Madire, and office helper Mercy Hondo. The court charged all four people with stealing twice from their workplace.
Judge Marewanazvo Gofa let them leave after each paid $600. They must come back on April 28 for another meeting. The state lawyer Lancelot Mutsokoti said these four worked with missing suspect Petros Mudhokwani from May 2023 until February 2024. They made plans together to take money from where they worked.
Mudhokwani asked for gas from Petrotrade. Then, Chikwiti entered these requests into a computer program called Systems Application and Products. Phiri said yes to giving money for gas cards. Another missing suspect, Tawanda Hlomai, picked up 104,976 liters of gas cards from the store.
The workers claimed the office received every gas card but actually wrote down just 45,120 liters. Their lie helped them steal 59,856 liters of gas worth ZWL54,836,704.95. Nobody found that missing gas later. During their second stealing job, they used identical tricks. Phiri approved ZWL51 million sent to different bank accounts. The group changed that cash into foreign money. An office check-up found what happened.
Judge Marewanazvo Gofa let them leave after each paid $600. They must come back on April 28 for another meeting. The state lawyer Lancelot Mutsokoti said these four worked with missing suspect Petros Mudhokwani from May 2023 until February 2024. They made plans together to take money from where they worked.
Mudhokwani asked for gas from Petrotrade. Then, Chikwiti entered these requests into a computer program called Systems Application and Products. Phiri said yes to giving money for gas cards. Another missing suspect, Tawanda Hlomai, picked up 104,976 liters of gas cards from the store.
The workers claimed the office received every gas card but actually wrote down just 45,120 liters. Their lie helped them steal 59,856 liters of gas worth ZWL54,836,704.95. Nobody found that missing gas later. During their second stealing job, they used identical tricks. Phiri approved ZWL51 million sent to different bank accounts. The group changed that cash into foreign money. An office check-up found what happened.
