Sales boy fined over GH¢353,471 theft from employer
The court convicted him on his own plea and ordered him to refund the full amount.
A plan by a sales boy to use stolen money to secure a wife has ended in a conviction before the Adentan Circuit Court.
Alfred Mensah, who worked for his employer for seven years, pleaded guilty to stealing GH¢353,471.50 from the business.
The court convicted him on his own plea and ordered him to refund the full amount.
He was also fined GH¢12,000.
In default, he will serve two years in prison.
The case has also brought five other persons before the court over their alleged roles in receiving or benefiting from the stolen money.
They are Mary Asantewaa, a trader; Emmanuel Okyere, a pastor; Samuel Dika; Miriam Okai; and Vida Yeboah, a 59-year-old trader.
Mary Asantewaa and Emmanuel Okyere are facing charges of abetment of crime, to wit stealing, and dishonestly receiving stolen property.
Samuel Dika, Miriam Okai and Vida Yeboah have been charged with dishonestly receiving stolen property.
They all pleaded not guilty.
The court granted each of them bail in the sum of GH¢353,471 with justification.
According to the prosecution, the complainant, Gideon Offei Tieku, is a businessman who deals in plumbing materials at Lakeside and Kantamanto.
Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo told the court that the complainant began noticing unexplained losses in his business between 2024 and 2025.
The source of the losses was not immediately known.
The matter came to light on June 17, 2025, after a business partner reported that Mensah had collected plumbing materials valued at GH¢56,000 without payment.
The complainant arrested Mensah and handed him over to the Lakeside Community 8 Police Station.
During interrogation, Mensah admitted stealing from the business.
He told police that he had given the money to Mary Asantewaa and Samuel Dika after telling them he wanted to marry.
According to the prosecution, the two allegedly promised to help him find a wife.
Investigators later found that Mensah was allegedly made to send more money after being told that the supposed bride was unwell.
He was allegedly informed that she had a kidney condition and needed to be flown to South Africa for urgent treatment.
The prosecution said Mensah eventually transferred GH¢353,471.50 through Asantewaa’s mobile money account.
Asantewaa was later arrested and allegedly named Samuel Dika as her accomplice.
Further investigations led to the arrest of Okyere, Miriam Okai and Vida Yeboah, who are alleged to have benefited from portions of the stolen funds.
The prosecution said GH¢46,000 has so far been recovered from Vida Yeboah.
The case against the other accused persons is continuing.
