A district court has fined a MoMo syndicate gang
The Wenchi District Court in the Bono Region, presided over by Issah Abdul Wahab, has fined five members of a Mobile Money (MoMo) syndicate GH¢6,000 each for fraudulent electronic fund transfers.
The convicts, Edward Amuzu, 26; Salifu Nurudeen, 25; John Pobi, 23; Godfred Acquah, 25; and Maxwell Fosu Kyei, 31, were charged with defrauding by false pretenses.
When they appeared before the court on Monday, they pleaded guilty and were convicted accordingly.
In default of payment, each would have spent six months in jail. However, all of them were able to pay the fines and were subsequently discharged.
Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Samuel Sameji, told the court that the complainant, Sylvester Declercq Mensah, a 54-year-old agriculturist from Boadan in the Wenchi Municipality, had lodged a complaint on April 24, 2025, stating that the convicts had defrauded him of GH¢130,000.
ASP Sameji explained that, based on police intelligence, the convicts were arrested at their hideouts in Accra, Kasoa, Winneba, and Assin Fosu on January 18, 2026. The police were also able to recover the full GH¢130,000 from the convicts.
The prosecutor said the convicts allegedly posed as individuals who had mistakenly transferred money into the complainant’s MoMo accounts and asked him to assist in reversing the transactions.
He added that another accomplice involved in the scheme was still at large.
Wahab ordered the police to return the recovered GH¢130,000 to the complainant.
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Source:
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