Court Jails Mobile Banker For Stealing GH₵20k

A District Magistrate Court at Wamfie in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region has sentenced a former mobile banker with the Dormaa-Ahenkro branch of the Wamfie Rural Bank to 12 months in prison with hard labour for stealing GH₵20,600.00.

Joseph Mpeh pleaded guilty and was convicted on his own plea by the court.

Police Inspector Emmanuel Asare, prosecuting, told the court that both the complainant, a driver, and the convict were residents of Nkyenkyenkye, a suburb of Dormaa Ahenkro in the Bono Region.

P/Inspt. Asare said somewhere in 2021, the convict opened a savings account with the bank for the complainant’s wife and another lady called Bernice Kyeremaah.

The complainant later took over his wife’s savings account and saved GH₵20,600.00 through Mpeh.

The prosecution said in March this year, the complainant went to the bank to withdraw some amount of money but was informed by the bank that he did not have enough funds in that account to carry out the transaction.

P/Inspt. Asare said an account statement printed out by the bank for the complainant showed only GH₵10.00 in the account.

He said the bank further informed the complainant that Mpeh had stopped working with the bank and had since not been seen.
The prosecution said through the efforts of the complainant, the convict was arrested at his hideout, and a case was made against him.

P/Inspt. Asare said Mpeh admitted the offence during police investigations and was consequently charged.