Mona Gucci acquitted and discharged over fraud charge 

Monalisa Abigail Semeha, aka Mona Gucci, who was accused of defrauding a trader of GHC103,400 has been acquitted and discharged by an Accra Circuit Court. 

Monalisa, a Travel/Event Consultant, is said to have collected the amount to secure American visas for clients of Comfort Obiri, the complainant in February 2019 but failed. 

Charged with defrauding by false pretences, Monalisa pleaded not guilty. 

Prosecution led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Seth Frimpong during the trial called three witnesses. 

Defence Counsel filed a submission of no case on the grounds that prosecution had not made out a prima facie case against Monalisa. 

The Court presided over by Mr Isaac Addo in his ruling on the submission of no case held that the case before it was a “civil matter” which went bad. 

The court therefore acquitted and discharged the accused person. 

The prosecution’s case is that the complainant, Comfort Obiri, is a resident of Ofankor, Accra and Monalisa is a resident of Odorkor, Accra. 

In February 2019, the complainant was introduced to the accused person by one Esther as a person who could secure a United State of America Visa for her. 

Prosecution said the accused told the complainant that she could secure the visa at a cost of GHC40,000. 

The court heard that the complainant introduced three people to Monalisa for her to secure USA visas for them. 

Prosecution said Monalisa collected GHC103,400 from them under the pretext of securing the USA visas but failed. 

The prosecutor said Monalisa promised to refund their money to them. Monalisa could not honour her promise.