5 In dock over GH¢11.4m scam
Five persons have appeared before an Accra Circuit court for allegedly defrauding a mining engineer of more than GH¢11.4 million.
The accused persons, Natasha Dziedzorm Wilson, Lucas Kofi Dorgbetor Bedzera, Josephine Korkor Mensah Affranie, Henrietta Baako and Patience Naomi, pleaded not guilty to 144 counts of defrauding by false pretence, conspiracy to commit crime and abetment when they appeared before the court presided over by Evelyn Asamoah.
They have, however, been granted bail to the tune of GH¢3 million with six sureties to be justified with landed property.
They are to reappear on October 24 this year.
Facts
The facts of the case as presented in court by the prosecutor, Inspector Isaac Babaayi, were that in the year 2012, Lucas Bedzera who is a building contractor, struck acquaintance with the complainant who used to supply him with building blocks.
He stated that Lucas made the complainant believe that he imported Tipper Trucks from Belgium which made the complainant show interest in buying tipper trucks from him.
“The complainant reported the matter to the police ostensibly to recover his money from Lucas. Lucas paid part of the money to the complainant and promised to pay the rest,” he said.
In his effort to retrieve the rest of the money, Inspector Babaayi said, the complainant kept calling him on phone to demand the money.
“On one of such occasions, the complainant called Lucas who at the material time was with…
