Businessman charged with fraud
Businessman charged with fraud
Accra (Greater Accra) 27 April 2000
Issah Ibrahim, a businessman, who allegedly collected 30.8 million cedis from a colleague with the pretext of supplying him with marine parts on Wednesday appeared before a circuit tribunal in Accra charged with conspiracy to commit crime and defrauding by false pretences.
The tribunal, chaired by Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson Yebuah, ordered that a bench warrant be issued for the arrest of three other accomplices, Kofi Asante, alias Burger, one Kwaw and Alhaji Fuseini, who were charged with the same offence but are on the run.
The prosecution’s case is that Burger told the complainant, Mr. John Kwamina Essel, a businessman that he had an order from Takoradi to supply marine parts and needed financial assistance. He then introduced Kwaw as his friend who owns a shop from where the parts could be obtained. The two later introduced a white man, as the alleged ship Captain who wanted to buy the parts.
Mr Essel got convinced about the transaction and released 25 million cedis cash and a cheque for 5.75 million cedis, being the cost of the marine parts, to Ibrahim, who was the leader of the gang.
The Prosecution said since the white man claimed that his ship was at the Takoradi dry dock, Mr. Essel went to check to ascertain the truth but, to his surprise, there was no ship and the accused persons had also disappeared.
He reported the matter to the police who arrested Ibrahim while the other accomplices bolted.
Ibrahim has pleaded not guilty and was granted 100 million cedis bail with one surety to be justified until May 10.
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