Runde Rural District Council Ward 6 councillor Nomore Nyoni (38), was been arrested after he allegedly deposited fake notes with an EcoCash agent in Bulawayo.
Nyoni was linked to the fraud case in which he allegedly deposited $505 after he was arrested on Friday as a suspect in a case of armed robbery with The Chronicle establishing that he has previously been arrested for 18 similar cases which date back to 2014 and are still pending at Bulawayo’s Tredgold Magistrates Court. Acting Bulawayo Metropolitan Province police spokesperson, Abednico Ncube confirmed the councillor’s latest arrest.
Sources close to the case said Nyoni approached Moreblessing Mambara (22), a registered EcoCash agent in Cowdray Park on September 6 and gave her fake $500 and a genuine $5 note.
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