Client manageress arraigned for allegedly stealing from employer
A 25-year-old client manageress, who is standing trial for allegedly stealing over GH¢220,000 from her employer, has been admitted to bail by the Accra Circuit Court.
Sharon Abayateye, who is facing a charge of stealing, has pleaded not guilty at the court presided over by Basilia Adjei-Tawiah.
The accused is alleged to have misappropriated funds belonging to Krystle Ababio, CEO of Vexxels Garment, at Dansoman.
She was first remanded into custody when she made her first appearance on September 16 this year.
Bail
Abayateye has been admitted to bail in the sum of GH¢100,000 with two sureties, one of whom must be justified, while the other must be a salaried worker earning not less than GH¢2,000.
As part of the bail conditions, the accused is to deposit all her travel documents, including her passport, at the court registry and is to report to the police investigator once every week.
The court further directed the prosecution to file disclosures and adjourned the case to November 13, 2025.
Per the facts of the case presented by Chief Inspector Daniel Appiah-Ofori, Krystle Ababio employed Abayateye in September 2024 as a customer service officer, with partial responsibilities over company finances.
On September 5, 2025, Ababio received a complaint via Instagram from a client who claimed to have paid GH¢64,901.96 for dresses but had not received the items.
Upon confronting Abayateye, the accused denied receiving any such payment. However, the complainant later detected a change in the mobile money number on the company payment vouchers.
Further investigation revealed that the accused used two SIM cards, one registered in her name and the other in the name Patience Frimpong Ankomah, to divert client payments.
It was discovered that amounts totalling GH¢223,858.05 were received through the mobile money number linked to the SIM card registered in the name of Patience Frimpong Ankomah.
During investigations, the accused allegedly admitted in her cautioned statement to embezzling part of the company’s funds.
Sharon Abayateye was subsequently charged and arraigned before the court.
