Frank Anderson Junior pleaded guilty and appealed to the court to give him time to refund the money, however, the Court presided over by Madam Josephine Fosua Appiah, convicted him on his own plea and sentenced him accordingly.

Presenting the facts of the case, Detective Police Inspector Dorinda Azuma, the Prosecutor told the court that the complainant, Ms Emeta Cecilia Odarno, is unemployed, while the convict Frank Anderson Junior is a student of UEW, both residing in Winneba.

The prosecutor said in 2023, the complainant needed admission at UEW and as a result, she contacted Simon Alhassan a witness in the case and also a student of UEW for assistance.

She said the witness then informed Anderson Junior the convict, whom he knew could help the complainant to get the admission and the convict asked the complainant to pay GH₵2,500.00 for the admission form and subsequent admission.

Ms Odarno, then paid the money through Alhassan the witness to the convict Anderson.

The prosecutor stated that on August 6, 2024, Ms Odarno received an admission letter for 2023/2024 academic year from UEW in a PDF form on her phone from the witness who sent it to her from the convict.

The prosecutor said on receipt of the admission letter, the complainant intended to pay the school fees but had a challenge due to the index number given to her on the admission letter.

The prosecutor said the complainant contacted one Samuel Teye Dei also a witness, for assistance who then contacted the convict, and the latter instructed that the complainant send him the fees of GH₵2,300.00 through Teye Dei, which she did.

He said the convict later forwarded a UEW official receipt from Zenith Bank Ghana Limited, Winneba Branch with Number 240207876A480F dated February 7, 2024, to the complainant through Teye Dei.

The prosecutor said all this while the complainant was attending lectures at the university, but later detected that the receipt given to her was fake.

Ms Odarno went to the Students Center for verification, and it was confirmed that the admission letter was forged, hence her name was not in the system.

She reported the case to the police and the convict was apprehended and during investigation, he returned the cash of Gh₵2,230.00 electronically to Mohammed Samuel Alhassan who is the twin brother of witness Simon Alhassan, and cash of GH₵4,850.00 was later retrieved from him.

After investigation, Anderson Junior was arraigned before the court and charged with the offence.

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Bright Daniels, who at the time of committing the crime, was a convicted prisoner at the Nsawam Prisons, denied the offence.

He was taken through a full trial and found culpable.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Emmanuel Nyamekye, giving the facts in the Court presided over by Mrs Afia Owusua Appiah, said the Complainant was COP Mrs Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, a former boss of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service who is now the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).

Daniels, an ex-convict is a Nigerian, who served a seven-year jail term at the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons.

His accomplice, Livinus Amadianaeze Ugwu, also an ex-convict and a Nigerian, is on the run, the Court heard.

DSP Nyamekye said in April 2021, COP Addo-Danquah’s attention was drawn to a fake Facebook Messenger account created in her name and bearing her picture that was being used to solicit money from police personnel under the pretence of getting them slots to United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) Missions in Somalia and Sudan.

He said the user of the said fake Facebook account contacted the victims and directed them to pay money via a mobile money network.

Detective Chief Inspector Baffoe paid GH¢10,000.00 to the number and the amount was subsequently withdrawn by Daniels.

The prosecution said investigations revealed that the phone number was traced to the environs of the Nsawam Medium Security Prisons in the Easter Region.

Further investigations revealed that Daniels was the user of the number. After a search conducted by the police, a Samsung Galaxy A02 phone which Daniels used to chat with Ugwu and a Tecno feature phone that was used to receive the money from Detective Chief Inspector Baffoe, were retrieved.

DSP Nyamekye said Forensic Examination conducted on the devices revealed that Daniels and Ugwu conspired to use the name and photograph of the COP Addo-Danquah to collect money from police personnel under the pretext of getting them a slot to travel to the United Nations and African Union Mission in Somalia.

Daniels then acquired the SIM card with 02******* that was used to receive money from their victims.

He admitted the offence and after investigations, he was charged and put before this court.

The 33-year-old Lawson Adams and his accomplice, Baba Abdulai, were nabbed for allegedly using the name of the late wife of Kasoa Ofaakor District commander, Mrs Justina Naa Amfoh, to obtain money using dubious means.

Information gathered indicates that the suspects used the funeral poster of the late Kasoa Ofaakor Police Commander’s wife to extort money from business men and women with the aim of mobilising money to pay for mortuary fee.

Police source says the suspects had defrauded over 6 people amounting to GHS 10,000.00.