The Wenchi District Court has fined five members of a mobile money fraud syndicate GH¢6,000 each, with a six-month custodial sentence in default, for their roles in fraudulent electronic fund transfers.
Presiding over the case, His Worship Issah Abdul Wahab convicted the accused persons after they pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, namely defrauding by false pretence. All five convicts paid their fines in full and were subsequently discharged.
The case followed a complaint filed on April 24, 2025, by Sylvester Declerq Mensah, a 54-year-old agriculturalist residing at Wenchi Boadan in the Bono Region. He reported that unknown persons had defrauded him of GH¢130,000 through electronic transactions.
Police investigations into the complaint led to the arrest of the suspects on January 18, 2026.
The convicts were identified as Edward Amuzu, Kwame Tina (26), Salifu Nurudeen, also known as El-man (25), Godfred Acquah, popularly called Kofi Biggs or Agabus (25), and Maxwell Fosu Kwakye (31). Another suspect connected to the case is currently at large. The convicts are residents of Kasoa, Winneba, and Asin Fosu in the Central Region.
Presenting the facts of the case, the prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Samuel Sameji, informed the court that the entire amount involved in the fraud had been recovered from the accused persons.
In his ruling, His Worship Issah Abdul Wahab ordered the police to refund the recovered GH¢130,000 to the complainant.
In sentencing, the court took into account the fact that the convicts were first-time offenders and that there was no evidence linking them to similar offences involving other victims. Each was fined GH¢6,000, with six months’ imprisonment in default.
All five convicts paid their fines and were discharged by the court.
