The Wenchi District Court has remanded five suspected members of a mobile money fraud syndicate into police custody over their alleged involvement in a ¢130,000 defrauding-by-false-pretence case in the Wenchi Municipality.
The court, presided over by His Worship Issah Abdul Wahab, ordered the suspects to be held after they were arraigned on charges of conspiracy to commit a crime and defrauding by false pretence.
According to a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Bono Regional Police Command, Chief Inspector Thomas Akeelah, the case followed a complaint lodged by a 54-year-old agriculturalist, Sylvester Declercq Mensah, at Boadan in the Wenchi Municipality.
Police said the complainant reported on April 24, 2025, that he had been defrauded of ¢130,000 by unknown persons.
Investigations commenced immediately and led to the arrest of the suspects on January 18, 2026.
The suspects have been identified as Edward Amuzu, also known as Kwame Tina (26); Salifu Nurudeen, alias El-man (25); John Pobi, known as Father (37); Godfred Acquah, also called Kofi Biggs or Agabus (25); and Maxwell Fosu Kyei (31). One other suspect is currently on the run.
They were arrested at separate locations in Accra, Kasoa, Winneba, and Assin Fosu, where they had allegedly gone into hiding.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects operated as a syndicate, targeting unsuspecting mobile money users across various parts of the country.
Police say the group’s modus operandi involved contacting victims and falsely claiming that money had been mistakenly transferred into their mobile money accounts, before requesting assistance to reverse the transaction.
Further investigations suggest the syndicate has been operating for nearly five years and may have defrauded several victims of substantial sums using similar tactics.
By paqmediagh/Peter Quao Adattor
