A housekeeper accused of committing an GHC80,000.00 scam was given GHC100,000.00 bail with two sureties by the Amasaman Circuit Court.
Under the guise of selling Mr. Samuel Tweneboah, the complainant, a 0.12-acre parcel of land together with an incomplete construction, Faustina Boatemaa, 53, denied planning to defraud him of GHC80,000.00 with Patrick Darko, at large.
Boatemaa was ordered to return on August 7, 2025, by the court, which was presided over by Justice Enid Sarful-Sau, a High Court Judge who also has additional responsibilities at the Circuit Court.
Police Chief Inspector Frederick Awuah-Ansah provided the case’s facts, stating that Boatemaa, a domestic worker, resided in Dansoman, and Mr. Tweneboah was a businessman who lived in Satellite in Accra.
Boatemaa told one Lydia Tweneboah, a witness in the case, in September 2023 that her brother Darko, who was in South Africa, had 0.12 acres of land at Satellite with an unfinished church building for sale.
According to Chief Inspector Awuah-Ansah, Lydia subsequently notified the complainant, and the two of them met with Boatemaa, who escorted them to the location.
Following negotiations, the complainant contributed GHC40,000 as a down payment, and the accused agreed to accept GHC80,000.00 for the land and the unfinished church building on it.
The complainant’s father-in-law, Richard Kwadu Sam, received a bank account number from Darko on September 15, 2023, and deposited GHC20,000.00 into it.
According to the Court, Darko issued the complainant a new bank account number on October 2, 2023, and the complainant deposited an additional GHC20,000.00, bringing the total sum to GHC80,000.00.
According to Chief Inspector Awuah-Ansah, Boatemaa subsequently gave the complainant a land indenture that subsequently proved to be fraudulent.
The complainant laid 1,000 cement blocks on the property in December 2023 in anticipation of development, but Darko sent a voicemail via the complainant’s father-in-law requesting that they leave the property.
When the complaint visited the property that same month, the unfinished building was emblazoned with the words, “Property of Marbel family. Stay off.”
The accused was arrested, according to the prosecution, when Tweneboah reported the matter to the Adjen Kotoku Police after multiple attempts to get in touch with Boatemaa and Darko failed.
In addition to receiving GHC40,000.00 as a partial payment, Boatemaa acknowledged showing the complainant the land.
Following investigations, she was arraigned and charged with the crime.
To help with their investigations, police are requesting a court order compelling the bank that handled the money transfer to provide them with the identification documents and photos of the aforementioned account holders.
Source: newsthemegh.com