Sterling Furnishing Company lost $27 000 to a former sales representative who allegedly forged and inflated bills, stole furniture and cash. Travolta Muponda (36) appeared before Mbare magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje charged with fraud and two counts of theft. He was remanded to December 1 for trial continuation on free bail. Prosecuting, Mr Lawrence Gangarahwe alleged that between July 2014 and April this year Muponda was employed by Sterling Furnishing Company as a sales representative at the company's Graniteside branch in Harare.
His duties included paying company's expenses, the court heard. It is alleged during that period Muponda made counterfeit TelOne receipts and sent them to Sterling Furnishing's head office in Bulawayo. The court heard he misrepresented to the company that an amount of $2 096 had to be paid to TelOne.
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