Tshiyiwe Ndlovu a 63-YEAR-OLD Plumtree who defrauded the pensions office over US$2000 was convicted yesterday at the Plumtree magistrates courts.
Tshiyiwe Ndlovu pleaded guilty to the charge before magistrate Joshua Nembaware who slapped her with 18 months in prison jail term.
Nembaware conditionally suspended the sentence and ordered the senior citizen to restitute the pension office the defrauded amount by December 31.
The court heard that on January 29 the war veteran Kennedy Bhulu passed away and the convict who is a wife to the deceased’s young brother Gilbert Dingilizwe Moyo misrepresented to the pension office that she was the surviving spouse of the late veteran.
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The pension office processed money into the convict’s bank account but later figured out that Thoko Phiri was the surviving spouse of the late veteran.
A police report was filed leading to the arrest of Ndlovu.
Selestine Madziwa prosecuted.
In another story, 75-Year-Old Bulawayo Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Defrauding People.Abraham Kesari Ndlovu, a 75-year-old Bulawayo resident, has been found guilty of cheating several people out of almost $300,000 and now faces a minimum term of 40 years in jail.
Abraham Kesari Ndlovu, who had been eluding law enforcement since 2010, used cunning persuasion techniques to trick gullible people into giving him substantial quantities of money and property titles for homes in a number of low-density districts of Bulawayo, including Hillside. After that, he would steal the money, sell the properties without the owners’ permission, and disappear.
Ndlovu, who lived in the Richmond area, was eventually captured by the CID Commercial Crimes Division after a protracted investigation. The spectacular chase was started by one of his victims, who spotted him in the city center.
