[ 2011-04-14 ]

Zoomlion employee convicted for fraud
Kwabena Dua, 58, an employee of the Zoomlion
Company Limited, was on Wednesday sentenced to six
months imprisonment in hard labour by a Koforidua
Magistrate’s Court for defrauding by false
pretences.

Dua pleaded guilty to the offence.

Giving the facts of the case, Police Inspector
Emmanuel Bronya told the court that the
complainant resides at Jumapo whilst Dua and his
accomplice, Adwoa Gyamfua, his wife, now at large,
also resides at Oyoko, all suburbs of Koforidua.

He said in October last year, Dua and Gyamfua went
to Jumapo and contacted the complainant and some
witnesses in the case that they were money
lenders.

The prosecutor said Dua and Gyamfua told them that
anyone who was interested to secure loans should
bring his or her picture and an amount of GH¢2.50
for registration.

He said eight people submitted their pictures and
paid the registration fees to the couple.

Inspector Bronya said the couple after collecting
the pictures and registration fee, never secured
the loans for the people but rather used their
pictures to secure loans for another group of
people from Acadec Ventures, a money lending
company.

He said the witnesses on hearing the information,
contacted Dua to demand their pictures and refund
of their monies.

The prosecutor said Dua could not give them their
pictures neither could he refund their monies to
them.

He said a report was therefore made to the police
and Dua was arrested.

In his caution statement to the police, Dua
confessed to the crime and was therefore arraigned
before the court.

Source - GNA

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