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 involvement in fraudulent electronic fund transfers.
Presiding over the case, His Worship Issah Abdul Wahab convicted the accused after they pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit a crime, namely defrauding by false pretence. All five paid their fines in full and were subsequently discharged.
The case arose from a complaint lodged on April 24, 2025, by Sylvester Declerq Mensah, a 54-year-old agriculturalist residing in Wenchi Boadan, Bono Region, who reported that unknown persons had defrauded him of GH¢130,000 through electronic transactions.
Police investigations led to the arrest of the suspects on January 18, 2026.
The convicted individuals 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). One other suspect remains at large. The convicts are residents of Kasoa, Winneba, and Asin Fosu, all in the Central Region.
Presenting the facts of the case, the police prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Samuel Sameji, told the court that the full amount involved in the fraud had been recovered from the accused.
In his ruling, His Worship Issah Abdul Wahab directed the police to refund the recovered GH¢130,000 to the complainant.
In passing sentence, the court considered 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 settled their fines and were discharged by the court.
