A 42-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man, who was employed as a manager at Lingwale Enterprises, has been arrested for allegedly embezzling more than R600 000.
Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware remanded the case to today when Sipho Ndlovu appeared in court facing two counts of theft involving R621 935,45.
The court was told that during the period between May last year and February 14 this year, Ndlovu received daily takings from tellers which he authenticated by signing receipts.
Ndlovu was allegedly supposed to deposit the money in the company safe.
It is alleged that on September 12, 2024, Ndlovu entered in company records that he had bought electricity for US$100 and sent Mandla Donga a WhatsApp communication for the purchase.
However, a Zesa printout indicated that only units worth US$78 were purchased on the day.
On September 29, 2024, Ndlovu allegedly entered in the company records that she had bought US$170 worth of electricity, but a Zesa printout indicated that only units worth US$80 had been bought.
It was also alleged that on September 30, Ndlovu was supposed to pay employees R3 149, but failed, while on October 24, 2024, she received R15 750 through mobile money transfer, which she failed to account for.
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The court also heard that on December 1, 2024, Ndlovu entered in the company records that he had bought electricity tokens worth US$150 when she allegedly bought power for US$100.
Nlovu allegedly indicated that he had bought electricity worth US$120 on December 12, 2024, after buying US$98 worth of power.
He allegedly used the same modus operandi to steal US$143.
The offence came to light in February this year when Donga asked Ndlovu about the missing funds and he resigned on February 14.
On March 13 this year, Donga opened the safe and realised that some money was missing after finding R7 000 and US$50.
The company engaged auditors to ascertain how much money could not be accounted for.
The total value stolen is R621 935,45 and nothing was recovered.
