A former member of the police force pleaded guilty to soliciting $308 from a job seeker to guarantee the mans employment into the Zimbabwe Republic Police service.
Lionel Munyaradzi Sambo ,28,is a former police officer who was stationed at Harare Central Police station under force number 078731B.
Sometime in mid March this year, Sambo asked Darlington Nyakabangwe, a prospecting job seeker, to pay $30 for fingerprints, $8 for medical forms and $18,50 for background checks.
Nyakabangwe paid the money through Ecocash into cellphone number 078 376 8439 belonging to Odesah Mazambani who was said to be a Superintendent at Morris Depot.
Nyakabangwe was asked to pay another $150 into the same Ecocash number so that his application could be fast-tracked.
After the payments, Nyakabangwe discover that there was no April intake as promised and reported the matter leading to Sambo's arrest.
Nyakabangwe lost $308 to the scammer and nothing was recovered. Sambo pleaded guilty to fraud charges and await sentence.
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