On diverse dates in the year 2014 the plaintiff drew seven cheques on Barclays Bank Tanzania Limited. The plaintiff claimed that the cheques’ amounts were debited in her account but not paid to the intended drawees. Instead, through Habib African Bank (the second defendant), the proceeds were paid to a certain Bugwema Investment; a stranger to the plaintiff, thereby causing loss and damages to her. As a result, the plaintiff claimed from the defendants, jointly and severally, payment of USD 55,000.00 being refund of the total amount debited in her account in the alleged fraudulent transaction, commercial interest at the rate of 30% on the amount from the date of filing the suit to the date of judgment, interest at the court’s rate of 12% on the decretal sum form the date; of judgment to the date of satisfaction in full, general damages and costs of the suit.