An Accra Circuit Court has arrested a Chinese businessman and six Ghanaians for allegedly plotting a GH₵440,000 game-cheating scam at the Golden Dragon Casino in Osu, Accra.
In order to cheat the casino, the accused, Mu Shuai, is suspected of collaborating with Rudolph Ayin, Loveland Odamtten Okpoti, Joseph Addo Narh, Ibrahim Tijani, Kelvin Baidoo, and Elijah Larbi.
All seven, however, entered not guilty pleas to the accusations. With two sureties, each accused person was given GH₵400,000 in bail.
The court stipulated that each defendant must have a justifiable surety and that one of Mu Shuai’s sureties must be a Chinese national. Shuai is also required to deposit his travel documents at the court registry.
Shuai, Ayin, and Narh were also ordered by the court to appear at the police station once every seven days.
The lawsuit was postponed until April 24, 2025.
According to the prosecuting Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Benjamin Baafi, Shuai was a player at Golden Dragon Casino, and the complaint was from the manager.
At the casino, Ayin, Okpoti, Narh, Tijani, Baidoo, and Larbi worked.
Shuai began playing the games after registering with the casino in 2024, and he did so for a while, according to ASP Baafi.
Every consumer was tracked daily by the company, and Shuai’s daily tracking revealed unusual wins.
He was under monitoring until February 16, 2025, when the surveillance manager discovered a card transaction between Shuai and Narh that was out of the ordinary for the casino, according to the prosecution.
According to ASP Baafi, the system was examined, and Shuai’s daily play with dealers dating back to September 2024 was tracked. It was found that on a number of days and dates, he and his suspected partners were flashing cards in a manner that was against the rules of the game.
A thorough examination of the system was subsequently carried out, and the results revealed that Shuai had fraudulently won games totaling GH¢440,000.00 with the assistance of casino employees, the court heard.
According to the prosecution, the accused were taken into custody after a formal complaint was filed with the police.
In his cautious statement during the investigation, Shuai acknowledged the offense and paid the firm back on his own through a fellow player.
Although the accused denied the crime, they acknowledged that Shuai had been giving them money as a reward each time he played and won.
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage, according to ASP Baafi, showed that the defendants colluded and defrauded the business. They were all charged with the offenses and brought before the court following the inquiry.
Source: newsthemegh.com