The Madina District Court has once again remanded the 62-year-old self-styled businesswoman who is being held for allegedly defrauding another businesswoman of $13,000 under various false pretenses.
This follows the court’s denial of the accused’s attorneys’ request for bail, which was presided over by Abena Asoh Owusu-Omenyo.
The court stated that it was not convinced that Nana Ama Nwarueze, also referred to as Ohemaa, would appear in court after being released on bail.
Because the prosecution had informed the court that the accused lacked a regular place of residence, the judge ordered a detailed investigation into the accused’s background.
The accused is accused of trying to induce the complainant in the case to give her the money by pretending to be a business mogul who owns pricey properties, such as a residence in the Airport Residential Area, some fishing boats in Takoradi, and the Ohemaa Plaza in East Legon.
One case of defrauding by false pretense has been brought against the accused by the prosecution, which is headed by Chief Inspector Apewa Achana.
In December of last year, following several failed attempts to apprehend her, the court issued a bench warrant, leading to her detention.
Regarding the charge, Nwarueze has entered a not guilty plea.
C/Insp. Achana told the court the case’s details, stating that the accused and the complainant, Dorothy Asare, were acquainted through a mutual friend.
Cynthia was told by the accused that she was a business magnate with numerous residences in the metropolis, he claimed.
Nwarueze gave the complainant the same assurances, the prosecutor continued, adding that she had more than ten containers of goods in the Tema port.
The accused allegedly promised the complainant that she would remove the containers and give her money back in three weeks if she could give over $5,000, according to the prosecutor.
“Upon realising that the complainant was not satisfied, the accused, in a bid to convince her, made a further representation to her that she was in partnership with Devtraco and showed her an ongoing construction of apartments on her purported property, which was to be leased upon completion and would reel in a lot of money,” the prosecutor said.
The prosecutor said that the complainant provided the accused $5,000 at her residence in the Airport Residential Area based on these statements.
After a month, Nwarueze got in touch with the complaint and asked for $8,000, which she said would be used to resolve a problem at the port and that she would reimburse it in two weeks.
The complainant complied and gave her the same amount in cash.
Three weeks later, the complainant got in touch with Nwurueze and asked for the $13,000, but the accused made excuses and didn’t pay.
“Some months later, the complainant could not reach her anymore and also discovered that the property at Airport Residential Area did not belong to the accused, nor was she in any kind of partnership with Devtraco.”
“Further, the accused had relocated from the Airport residence without any trace,” he said.
“All the representations were made with the sole intent to defraud the complainant, and the accused, in fact, succeeded in obtaining the consent of the complainant to part with $13,000,” the prosecutor said during the investigation, adding that the accused was unable to demonstrate that she had any containers to clear in any of Ghana’s ports.
Source: newsthemegh.com