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 on held on the charge of defrauding by false pretences.
Prosecution said the complainant, Michael Amoah, was an Immigration Officer, and the accused, now a convict, both resided at Nsawam in the Eastern Region.
In 2021, Amankwa told the complainant that she worked at the Jubilee House and had protocol slots, based on which she could recruit people into the various security agencies.
She, thus, encouraged the complainant to bring people for the protocol enlistment at a fee ranging from GHC7,000 to GHC15,000.
The complainant sold the idea to his acquaintances and other individuals.
Those who showed interest paid between GHC7,000 to GHC 15, 000 to the complainant, which he handed over to the convict for the protocol enlistments, prosecution said.
In total Amankwa collected GHC420,000 from the complainant to enlist 97 people into Ghana Immigration Service and National Fire Service among other security agencies but failed to deliver on her promise.
On May 4, 2022, she was arrested for investigations. In her investigation caution statement, she admitted having collected GHC400,000 from the complainant and mentioned one Boadi as her accomplice.
Amankwa was, however, unable to lead the police to the said Boadi.
GNA
