A 55-year-old businessman named Samuel Boakye was given a three-year prison term for scamming three people under the guise of helping them get jobs with various security services.
Boakye entered a guilty plea to three counts of defrauding by false pretense.
Boakye was found guilty and given the appropriate penalty by the court presided over by Mrs. Patricia Amponsah based on his own admission.
Additionally, it mandated that Boakye reimburse the sum after serving his sentence.
The complainants were Constance Acheampong Otuo, Elizabeth Mensah, and Dumeda Seftsofia Junior, all Accra citizens, according to the prosecutor, Inspector Rosemond Anyane.
According to the prosecution, Boakye was an inmate who lived in Circle, close to Neoplan Station in Accra.
It claimed that Boakye and Enyonam Gertrude Amegah, a witness in the case, became friends after meeting at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in the year 2020.
According to the prosecution, Boakye asked Gertrude if she knew of any others who would be interested in joining the security services and told her that he knew someone who could help.
According to the report, the witness informed her family in Accra and the Volta Region after receiving the promise.
The prosecution claimed that the complainants started interacting with Boakye and exhibited curiosity.
According to the report, Boakye sought and received GHS 700 from Seftsofia Junior and GHS 1,950 each from Elizabeth Mensah and Constance Acheampong Otuo for a total of GHS 4,600.
According to the prosecution, Boakye promised the complainants that he would help them be hired by the Ghana Police Service, Ghana National Fire Service, Ghana Immigration Service, and Ghana Customs after receiving the various sums.
Soon after receiving the funds, Boakye failed to fulfill his commitment and disappeared.
According to the prosecution, Boakye was apprehended on November 7 after Gertrude saw him near Kwame Nkrumah Circle.
After being turned over to the Adabraka Police Station for inquiries, Boakye confessed to the crime and said he paid the money to a man named Ansong to expedite the proceedings.
The prosecution claimed that Boakye was unable to assist the Police in apprehending the aforementioned Ansong.