Gweru Butchery Manager Jailed 20 Months for US$6,900 Fraud
Former Surrey Group Gweru depot supervisor, Charles Amadi, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for fraud recording US dollar payments in local currency, the ZiG.
Dumisani Ndlovu 
Gweru – A Gweru butchery manager has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after being convicted of multiple counts of fraud involving the recording of United States dollar payments is Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency at his work place.
Charles Amadi, a former Senior Depot Supervisor at Surrey Group, was found guilty of orchestrating a fraudulent scheme in which he received US dollar payments from customers but recorded them as ZiG transactions in the company's accounting system, resulting in substantial financial prejudice to his employer.
The court heard that between June 2024 and February 2025, Amadi manipulated invoices, generated misleading receipts and also omitted cash transactions from daily takings reports submitted to Surrey Group headquarters.
In one incident, Amadi received US$192 for the purchase of 40 kilograms of commercial beef but allegedly generated a ZiG invoice instead of a US dollar invoice before issuing a credit note to create the false impression that the transaction had been reversed.
The court further heard that in November 2024, he received US$723 intended for a customer deposit account but failed to deposit the funds or record them in the company's financial system.
Investigations revealed that Amadi also received US$1,136.36 from Village Lodge, US$3,245.41 from Chaplin High School and US$1,622.63 from Pagethree Investments, trading as Bradley Gardens.
The funds were allegedly receipted as ZiG payments or omitted entirely from company records, allowing him to conceal the transactions.
The fraudulent activities resulted in a total prejudice of US$6,919.40 to Surrey Group.
Upon conviction, the court sentenced Amadi to 20 months' imprisonment and ordered him to restitute the stolen US$6,186 to the complainant on or before 31 August 2026.
The court said failure to comply with the restitution order could affect the conditions attached to his sentence.
The matter came to light following internal investigations by Surrey Group, which uncovered discrepancies between customer payments and company records.
Subsequent police investigations led to Amadi's arrest and prosecution.
