Wenchi District Court fines MOMO syndicate gang GH¢30,000 over fraud

The Wenchi District Court in the Bono Region, presided over Mr Issah Abdul Wahab, has fined five Mobile Money (MOMO) syndicate gang GH¢ 6,000 each for fraudulent electronic fund transfer.

Edward Amuzu, 26; Salifu Nurudeen, 25; John Pobi, 3; Godfred Acquah, 25 and Maxwell Fosu Kyei, 31 years, were fined for defrauding by false pretense.

When they appeared before the court on Monday, they pleaded guilty and were convicted accordingly.

In default, each of them was to spend six months in jail. However, all of them were able to pay the fine for their subsequent discharge.

Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Samuel Sameji told the court that the complainant, Sylvester Declercq Mensah, a 54-year-old agriculturist, lived at Boadan in the Wenchi Municipality.

He explained that on April 24, 2025 the complainant lodged a complaint at the Wenchi Police station that the convicts had defrauded him to the GH¢130,000.

The prosecutor said that upon police intelligence, the convicts were arrested at their hideouts in Accra, Kasoa, Winneba and Assin Fosu on January 18, 2026, adding that the police were able to recover the GH¢130,000 from the convicts.

ASP Sameji explained that the convicts allegedly posed as individuals who had wrongfully transferred money into the complainant's MOMO accounts and asked him (complainant) to assist them to reverse the transactions.

He added that another accomplice was still at large.

Mr Wahab ordered the police to give back the recovered GH¢130,000 to the complainant.

GNA