Judge suggests law to punish those who fall prey to fraudsters

Accra, April 30, GNA - A Circuit Court Judge on

Thursday said there was the need for the Attorney General's

Department to come out with a law that would punish persons who

dished out huge sums of money to people for services they would not

be in the position to deliver.
According to Mr. D.E.K. Daketsey, the police could make

such a proposal to the office of the Attorney General for the law to

curb the increasing number of fraud cases.
He expressed regret that in some instances intellectuals

such as engineers and doctors fell prey to fraudulent people.

Mr Dakestey made the proposal when a 28-year-old

unemployed man, Mohammed Nuru, appeared before him for

collecting 8,000 dollars from a trader under the pretext of securing

him with United States visa but failed to do so.
Nuru is said to have used the money to promote his

business.
When the court asked the complainant, Mr Nuredeen

Haruna whether he knew the occupation of the accused person, he

said he was unemployed.
Mr Haruna further told the court that although the accused

person was unemployed he had what described as "connections"

which he used to secure visas for people travelling abroad.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) E.Y. Frimpong,

the prosecutor, told the court that Mr Haruna wanted to travel to the

United States and approached Nuru to assist him.
Nuru, the prosecution said, therefore collected 8,000

dollars to procure documents for the trip.
However, after collecting the money, he failed to provide

the complainant with the visa and started telling stories.

A report was made to the Police and Nuru was arrested.

When the Police questioned him, he admitted collecting the money

saying he used it to promote his business.
GNA