A HARARE man appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi charged with defrauding Cimas Health Group of ZWL$12 763 263 after he forged procurement approval documents.
Cuthbert Nduwure (27) was remanded out of custody to January 23 for routine remand pending finalisation of investigations.
He was granted US$500 bail.
State prosecutor Ruvimbo Matyatya alleged that Nduwure and accomplices connived to defraud Cimas by forging procurement forms on nine transactions totalling to US$ 27 866 using the interbank rate.
His accomplices are still at large.
Nduwure is alleged to have submitted the forged approval documents to the Cimas Health Group for payment.
As a result of this misrepresentation, Nduwure's accomplices received payments amounting to US$27 763 263 knowing that there were no services rendered to Cimas.
The offence came to light when the company reviewed procurement transactions.
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The matter was reported to the police and investigations led to Nduwure’s arrest.
