Court Remands Confidence Trickster: Suspect Allegedly Tricked Soldier To Pay GH¢295K At Different Periods
- A man is in the grip of the police for taking a total of GH¢295,000 under false pretence from a military woman
- Wisdom Kumordzi took the money from Dorcas Owusuaa to buy her two plots of land at Agyiriganor, and also to help her get her locked-up cash at the Bank of Ghana
- Kumordzi has been remanded in police custody for two weeks after pleading not guilty to the ten defrauding by false pretences
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A military lady has lost a total of GH¢295,000 to one Wisdom Kumordzi who allegedly took the money at different periods to execute projects but failed to do so.
Dorcas Owusuaa said she gave the money to the self-styled businessman to get him a plot of land and 'influence' Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to make her a Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) among others but the trickster has failed to do all that.
Source: UGC
According to a report by The Chronicle newspaper on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, Kumordzi has been charged with ten counts of defrauding by false pretences.
He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
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Kumordzi promised to help military personnel get her locked up cash
The report by the newspaper said Kumordzi allegedly took GH¢295,000 in small bits claiming that he was using them to grease the palms of powerful people like the Inspector General of Police (IGP), heads of EOCO, CID, GRA, National Security, NIB, and the Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
The military personnel allegedly has an undisclosed amount of money locked up at the central bank.
GH¢70,000 was for the purchase of two plots of land at Agyiriganor.
Court remands Kumordzi to two weeks
At an Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, Wisdom Kumordzi was remanded for two weeks in police custody.
The court was presided over by Samuel Bright Acquah.
Chief Inspector Daniel Danku, who is prosecuting the case, said the military personnel reported the accused to the police on April 15, 2023.
The prosecutor disclosed that Kumordzi used six months to collect various sums of money from the military woman under false pretences.
The accused has begged police to give him some time to refund the money and has so far paid back GH¢110,000 to the military woman.
Absa Bank staff reportedly steals GH¢1.2m from accounts of late IGP, High Court Judge and others
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported in a separate story that Absa Bank was in the news after one of its staff was caught scheming with other people to steal large sums of money from customers' accounts.
Emmanuel Sakyi Afriyie of the Osu branch of the bank for instance made a payment of $174.30 or GH¢2,287.69 on the Visa Card account of a customer.
Emmanuel and five of his accomplices were arraigned in court on various crimes, including stealing and conspiracy.
Ghanaian man scams momo fraudster
Also, YEN.com.gh reported about the hilarious exchange between a man attempting to dupe another and how he ended up getting outsmarted caused a stir online.
A recording of their phone call revealed how the caller ended up frustrated and started hitting the intelligent man with insults.
Some of the hilarious thoughts that Ghanaians shared after listening to the audio file were put together in the story.
Ghanaian arrested in US for alleged role in $5 million fraud
A young Ghanaian guy based in the US was in the grips of the US authorities for his alleged involvement in an extensive crime syndicate.
Kenneth Anim, 38, was arrested on July 12, 2023, after the FBI led an investigation to unravel his alleged involvement in various criminal activities, including romance scams.
If convicted, Anim faces up to 20 years in prison and a possible $500,000 maximum fine.
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