Public Accounts orders arrest and prosecution of teacher over payroll fraud
The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has directed the prosecution of a teacher in Sunyani, Comfort Appiah, over a payroll irregularity involving unearned salary. This follows a revelation from the Kintampo South District Education Directorate that a headteacher, Bismark Agyekum, who also served as a payroll validator, fled to California with […]
Socialite Diamond Appiah re-arrested in Court
The Attorney General’s Office has filed a Nolle prosequi in the case in which Diamond Appiah, a Socialite and Businesswoman, is being held on a charge of fraudulent land transaction. Appiah is accused of collecting $30,000 from Aisha Modi, a Businesswoman, for a parcel of land, which allegedly belongs to another person. The court was […]
Businesswoman accused of GHS72,750.00 fraud, dud cheque before Court
A 37-year-old businesswoman accused of GHS72,750.00 fraud and issuing of dud cheques, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Victoria Odamea Agbemavah denied defrauding Mr George Baadu Adams as well as issuing him with two dud cheques with the face value GHS36,375.00 and was granted a GHS50,000.00 bail with a surety. She is to return […]
Financial sector fraud declines to GHS56m in 2022
Ghana’s Banking sector and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDI) lost approximately, GHS56 million in 2022, representing a 7.88 per cent reduction compared to the GHS61m recorded in 2021. However, the number of attempted fraud cases for the banking and SDI sectors in 2022 increased to 2,998, as compared to 2,347 cases in 2021, which is a […]
No deportation for innocent international students, Canada’s Minister on student fraud
By Seli Baisie Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has issued a statement addressing a situation faced by international students with fraudulent acceptance letters. In a Twitter post on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, the Minister described the situation as ‘distressful’. According to him, the well-being of the affected students remains Canada’s top priority. “I understand that […]
Fraud: Ministry of Land and Natural Resources staff jailed 15 months
SOURCE: GNA An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Gabriel Gyamerah Sarpong, a Staff of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, to 15 months imprisonment over fraud. Sarpong had collected over GHS200,000 from illegal miners to be given to Mr George Mireku Duker, deputy Minister of Land and Natural Resources. Appearing in court last Friday, […]
