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his property manager.
Mwaruwari has several properties in South Africa.
Leeroy Waguta (25) of Zimre Park in Harare was arrested on Monday and appeared in court yesterday charged with fraud.
Waguta was not asked to plead to the charges when he appeared before magistrate Mr Shane Kubonera.
He was remanded out of custody to June 23 on US$100 bail.
Prosecutor Ms Vernancia Mtake alleges that sometime in November last year, Wagu-ta approached Mwaruwari’s friend, Patrick Muteswa.
It is the State’s case that Waguta knew that Muteswa owed Mwaruwari some money.
Waguta allegedly lied to Muteswa that he had been sent by Mwaruwari to collect US$5 000 from him.
Through the misrepresentation, it is alleged, the unsuspecting Muteswa gave Waguta the money, which he converted to his personal use.
During the same month, it is alleged that Waguta who was in Harare sent an e-mail to Mwaruwari’s lawyer in South Africa pretending to be the football star and instructed the lawyer to transfer R100 000 from his account into Waguta’s account.
It is further alleged that the lawyer without suspicion transferred the money into Waguta’s account.
The matter came to light when the legal representative was auditing the funds and verified with Mwaruwari about the transfer.
The shocked Mwaruwari then made a police report leading to Waguta’s arrest.