Man defrauds 21 people of GH₵150,000
De-Graft Okyere Danso ,43, has been arraigned before a Takoradi Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding 21 people of GH₵150,000
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Mr Danso was alleged to have collected the money from the people under the pretense of getting them American visas.
According to the Prosecutor, DSP Richard Boatey of the Court Unit of the Ghana Police Service of the Western Region, the accused person had visited King of Kings International Miracles Church for an all-night service where he managed to convince the then Pastor of the church, Mr. Eric Mensah, that he was into recruiting energetic people to work on farms in Virginia, United States of America.
DSP Boatey said Mr Danso told the pastor that it would cost each person GH₵6,000
He said when the accused received the initial payment of money from the 21 interested people, all communications between them ceased until January 2013 when one Bernard Kwabena Ameyaw contacted the pastor and informed him that Mr Danso had asked him to conclude the travelling arrangements with them.
He said Mr Ameyaw assured the 21 people that they would be airlifted to Virginia by the end of June this year upon which he requested for an additional GH₵10,000
The accused allegedly acknowledged receipt of all the money that were paid to him through the bank to prove that he was working on the traveling arrangements, and sent a photocopy of a new passport for one of the people who had paid the money,
The passport was later found to be a fake one and Mr Danso was later arrested in Accra and brought to Takoradi.
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The accused has been charged with defrauding by false pretense by.
He had already pleaded with the court that he would sell his house in the Ashanti Region to pay the GH₵150,000
However, he has not been able to provide the documents on the ownership of the building to the court.
The case was then adjourned to Monday, 9th December, 2013 after the accused requested to seek medical attention for a sore throat.
Though he had been granted bail by the court, Mr Danso could not provide the two sureties required for granting him bail.