[ 2014-10-18 ]

2 Caught Over £25,000 Fraud
A Public Relations Officer (PRO) of a gold mining
company and an Arabic teacher, who allegedly
defrauded a British soldier of Ghana origin to the
tune of £25,000, have been put before an Accra
Circuit Court, presided over by Boakye Yiadom.

The accused persons, Thomas Musah and Zukanine
Yussif allegedly connived with three persons who
are currently at large.

They were charged with conspiracy to commit crime
and defrauding by false pretences.

The accused persons denied any wrongdoing and were
granted bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 with two
sureties while the case has been adjourned to
November 20, 2014.

The facts of the case as presented by the
prosecuting officer, DSP Aidan Dery are that the
complainant is a soldier in the British Army and
also a businessman.

He said the first accused person is a PRO at a
Goldline Company at Manso Adubea and lives at
Bawaleshie while the second accused person is an
Arabic teacher with Adabiya Arabic School at
Fadama.

He said the teacher resides at Antieku at Santa
Maria, Accra.

He said the other accomplices Fred Asare and one
Isaac are domiciled in the United Kingdom (UK)
while Naomi who is resident in Ghana.

According to him, in June 2014, the third, fourth
and fifth accused persons approached the
complainant in London and told him they had Pounds
Sterling and needed some Cedis in Ghana so the
complainant should give them cedis so that they
would give him pounds in the UK.

He said the complainant agreed and instructed his
partners in Ghana to give GH¢48,000 to the PRO
and teacher in Ghana.

In addition, he said when the time came for the
accused persons, who are at large to refund the
money to the complainant in London, they failed to
do so and informed the soldier that they were into
business with Musah and Yussif.

Explaining further, he said the accused persons
said the former President John Evans Atta-Mills
had contracted the PRO and the Arabic teacher to
supply jute sacks to the Government of Ghana and
that the complainant should give them more money
to undertake the lucrative business.

The prosecuting officer noted that soldier then
contacted the PRO and teacher who confirmed what
their accomplices had said.

The police officer said he paid £8,450 which
Mushan and Yssif received in Ghana.

The soldier later contacted the accused persons
and enquired about the business.

The accused persons, he said, told the complainant
that they had sold the jute sacks but needed to
perform some rituals to retrieve the money from
Togo.

He said the soldier came to Ghana and lodged a
complaint with the police, who arrested the
accused persons.

The DSP said they were arraigned before court
after investigations.

Source - Daily Guide

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