An Accra Circuit Court has acquitted and discharged two individuals, Silvia Naa Doudu Wristberg and Nicodemus Quarshie, who had been accused of defrauding a businessman of GH¢60,380. The court, presided over by Mr. Isaac Addo, found that the prosecution had failed to establish its case beyond a reasonable doubt. As a result, the two defendants […]
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Monalisa Abigail Semeha, aka Mona Gucci, who was accused of defrauding a trader of GH¢103,400 has been acquitted and discharged by an Accra Circuit Court. Monalisa, a Travel/ Event Consultant, is said to have collected the amount to secure American visas for clients of Comfort Obiri, the complainant in February 2019 but failed. Charged with
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A 56-year-old nautical engineer has been sentenced to 60 days imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for fraud. Richie Susu Awu was sentenced after he was found guilty on three counts of defrauding by false pretences at the end of the trial. The court sentenced Awu to 60 days on each count. Sentences are to
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An Accra Circuit Court has ordered the police to determine the gender of an accused person to decide whether to place them in a male or female cell. The order came after Christabel Suphiar Sarkodie Tuffour, who faced five counts of defrauding by false pretenses, appeared in court. She allegedly collected a total of €42,889,
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An Accra Circuit Court has remanded into police custody a 45-year-old woman, Faustina Foli, who allegedly defrauded an insurance officer of GH₵265,000. Foli, who is unemployed, is accused of deceiving the complainant by promising to secure a United States visa and three Canadian visas but failed to deliver. She has been charged with defrauding by
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Juliet Hassana Kramer, Chief Executive Officer of Perfect Business System who was held in the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Operational Business Suites (OBS) trial, has been acquitted and discharged from all her charges. Ms Kramer was freed by an Accra High Court ruling on a submission of no case made by her
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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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