Five fined GH¢6,000 each for mobile money fraud
All five pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud by false pretence, paid the fines in full and were subsequently discharged.
A district court in Wenchi has convicted five people linked to a mobile money fraud ring, ordering each to pay a GH¢6,000 fine or serve six months in prison if they default.
All five pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud by false pretence, paid the fines in full and were subsequently discharged.
The prosecution said the matter started with a report filed on 24 April 2025 by Sylvester Declerq Mensah, a 54-year-old agriculturalist living at Wenchi Boadan in the Bono Region.
He told police he had lost GH¢130,000 through fraudulent electronic transactions carried out by unknown persons.
Investigations followed, culminating in the arrests on 18 January 2026.
Those convicted were named in court as:
Edward Amuzu
Kwame Tina (26)
Salifu Nurudeen, also known as “El-man” (25)
Godfred Acquah, also called “Kofi Biggs” or “Agabus” (25)
Maxwell Fosu Kwakye (31)
Police said another suspect is still at large. The convicts were described as residents of Kasoa, Winneba and Asin Fosu in the Central Region.
Presenting the case, ASP Samuel Sameji told the court the full amount involved in the fraud had been recovered from the accused persons.
The presiding judge, Justice Issah Abdul Wahab, directed police to refund the recovered GH¢130,000 to the complainant.
In sentencing, the judge noted the group were first-time offenders and that there was no evidence they had defrauded anyone else aside from the complainant.
Each was fined GH¢6,000, with a six-month custodial sentence as the alternative punishment. All paid and were discharged.
