Source: Airlink country manager in US$600k theft, remanded to 11 May – herald
Herald Correspondent
Former Fly Airlink country manager, Morgan Tagarira Sibanda, who is accused of money laundering and theft of trust property involving US$693 553, will be back in court on May 11, when he is expecting to be furnished with a trial date
Sibanda initially appeared before Harare regional magistrate, Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa, who granted him bail.
Investigations established that Sibanda was the country manager for the airline.
The complainant is Airlink Private Limited, which operates scheduled passenger flights.
Sibanda was responsible for the overall management of air ticket sales operations within the country, including receiving daily cash collections from ticket sales, safeguarding such funds, and ensuring that the full amounts collected were deposited into complainant’s designated bank account.
The court heard that sometime in August 2024, the accused hatched a plan to steal from his employer.
Pursuant to his plan, the accused misappropriated the complainant’s funds entrusted to him by deliberately underreporting daily cash collections from ticket sales.
During the period between September 1, 2024 and August 30, 2025, the accused collected various amounts and did not bank funds totalling US$693 553, which he converted to own use.
The offence allegedly came to light sometime during the beginning of September 2025, when internal auditors from the complainant’s head office embarked on a reconciliation exercise of the books and records of the Harare Branch and that is when they discovered the theft.
The total value stolen is US$693 553.
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