The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has arrested a carpenter for allegedly selling fake electricity meters to people in the Adentan area in the Greater Accra Region.
Following his arrest, the suspect confessed to being part of an illicit trade involving the sale of approximately 40 fraudulent electricity meters.
According to the suspect, the fake meters were sold to clients at a price of GH₵900 each.
The Accra East Region of the ECG conducted this operation in response to information gathered over several months. The intelligence gathering primarily focused on the Adentan New Site.
This operation by ECG is one of the alternatives the company has taken to tackle fraudulent activities in the electricity sector and to afford consumers genuine and reliable meters.
The accused further revealed that he received the fake meters from a local assembly member within his vicinity, who allegedly supplied him with the meters for sale.
He stated that he acquired those counterfeit meters for GH₵800 each and sold them at GH₵900, making a profit of GH₵100 on each sale.
Paul Assibi Abariga, the General Manager responsible for Legal and Prosecution at ECG, announced that “the suspect will be arraigned on September 29, with ongoing efforts to identify and apprehend any potential additional accomplices involved in the operation”.
“The alleged meter peddler provided further details, revealing that he had been engaged in the unauthorized sale of these counterfeit meters for over seven months and had managed to distribute approximately 40 of them during this period”.