A 32-year-old woman from Bulawayo appeared before the Tredgold Regional Magistrates’ Court facing theft charges after exploiting a technical glitch in NetOne’s OneMoney system to steal ZiG136,442.
Prosecutors told the court that from May 10 to May 31, 2024, Clara Ncube (32) took advantage of a system error that enabled mobile money transfers without corresponding deductions. Said the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA):
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She executed multiple transactions, each below the transactional limit of ZWG2 400 to avoid detection. NetOne has since rectified the glitch. The total value stolen was ZWG136 442 and ZWG112 042 was recovered.
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Ncube was sentenced to 18 months in prison, with 6 months suspended on the condition that she does not commit a similar offence. 
Additionally, 6 months of her sentence were suspended if she pays ZWG24,400 in restitution to the complainant, and another 6 months were suspended contingent upon her completing 211 hours of community service at Drill Hall CID Minerals.
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A woman from Bulawayo used a mistake in the OneMoney system to steal a lot of money. She made many small transfers to avoid being caught. She stole a total of ZiG136,442 but some was recovered. The woman was sentenced to 18 months in prison, with some months suspended if she pays back some money and does community service. NetOne fixed the mistake in their system.

Bulawayo Woman Exploits OneMoney Glitch To Steal ZiG136,442

State owned mobile communications company, NetOne, recorded the biggest growth rate of 32,7 percent on its mobile money platform, OneMoney in the fourth quarter of last year.
OneMoney subscriptions rose to 241 566 in Q4 2018, up from 181 990, according to statistics released by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe on Wednesday. Its competitors, Telecash and Ecocash, recorded growth rates of 1 percent and 0,7 percent respectively.
Ecocash, which has operated literally uncontested for a long time, had 6 057 594 subscribers while Telecash, the first to launch a Zimswitch enabled card for transactions, had 53 392 subscribers by Q4 last year.
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/onemoney-records-33pc-growth/">Herald</a>
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