Adentan Circuit Court sentences mobile banker, Grace Addy, to six years in prison for embezzling GHC162,700 belonging to customers of an undisclosed Rural Bank.
Following an audit of her accounts, the 29-year-old was found guilty of collecting money and diverting it through other mobile money accounts for personal use and travel abroad.
Grace Addy pleaded guilty to charges of forgery of documents and two counts of stealing. The court sentenced her to two years for forgery, three years for stealing GHC20,000, and six years for stealing GHC142,700, with sentences to run concurrently. The complainant, a Rural Bank manager, reported the theft after an audit in December 2023.
The audit revealed that Grace Addy collected money from customers but failed to account for it to the bank. Investigations found that she had been collecting money from customers between January and December 2023 but did not deposit it with the bank. Instead, she transferred the funds to other mobile money numbers for personal use.
Grace Addy also forged receipts to deceive a customer, Salifu Alhassan, into believing she had paid GHC40,000 when she had only paid GHC20,000.
She informed the police that she stole GHC162,700 and gave it to three men to facilitate her travel abroad. However, she failed to lead the police to these individuals.
In her statement, she mentioned giving the entire sum to a person named Hamisu at Libya Quarters, Madina, to process her travel documents, with the intention of repaying customers after her arrival abroad.
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