A trader, accused of collecting GHC402,000 from 97 unsuspecting individuals under the pretext of securing them jobs in the security services, has been jailed for five years. Dorcas Twene Amankwa, 28, was found guilty at the end of the trial by a circuit court in Accra, presided over by Mrs Evelyn Asamoah. Amankwa was earlier […]
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An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a hairstylist, Adwoa Nyarko, to five years in prison for a GHC139,000 recruitment scam. She was found guilty on four counts of conspiracy to commit a crime and defrauding by false pretenses. Her accomplices, Nana Osei and Charles Kwame Damoah, remain at large. ASP Raymond Ackon, the prosecutor, informed
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Abdulai Halidu, a 32-year-old auto mechanic, has been granted bail of one million Ghana cedis by an Accra Circuit Court over fraud. He is accused of defrauding two individuals by taking GH₵66,000 and $10,200 to secure them a Mercedes Benz vehicle. Halidu faces charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and defrauding by false pretenses,
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Former Ghana international Samuel Inkoom has requested the Kwabenya Circuit Court to grant him until October 31 to repay US$8,000 he allegedly swindled from two complainants. Inkoom, who won the U-20 World Cup in 2009 and represented Ghana at the 2010 World Cup, appeared in court for the second time, facing charges of defrauding by
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A 39-year-old driver who allegedly defrauded a businessman of GH¢120,000 has been remanded into police by an Adentan Circuit Court. Paul Kwabena Duku allegedly collected the money from the businessman under the pretext of selling a Kia Rhino truck to him but failed. Charged with defrauding by false pretences, Duku in the company of his
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The Winneba District Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a 30-year-old student of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to 13 months’ imprisonment for defrauding by false pretences, contrary to section 131 of the criminal and other offences 29/60. Frank Anderson Junior pleaded guilty and appealed to the court to give him time to refund the money,
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The Accra Circuit Court Nine has granted a travel consultant GHC100,000.00 bail with two sureties for allegedly defrauding a tour operator of $15,000.00. Margius Adjei, 47, is accused of taking the money, equivalent to GHC225,000.00, from a travel and tour owner under the guise of obtaining Nicaraguan visas for his clients. Adjei pleaded guilty with
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The Accra Circuit Court Nine has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a mechanical engineer who allegedly took GHC99,810.00 from a farmer under the pretext of securing her two auctioneer tractors. Justice Kwame Amenya was warned by the Police to attend Court but he failed to turn up when the case was presented
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A 42-year-old travel consultant accused of defrauding a nurse of GHC40,000 has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Kenneth Kyere is alleged to have collected the GHC40,000 as part payment of GHC112,000 he charged to secure a United Kingdom visa and a working permit for the nurse. Kyere is alleged to have cut communication with
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A Senior Military officer who was hauled before an Accra Circuit Court over an alleged GH¢136,000 recruitment scam has been discharged for lack of evidence against him. The court also revoked any restrictions or ban on him by the Ghana Armed Forces or any other institution. “The court states that any restrictions/ ban on the
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