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A 40-year-old businesswoman has been prosecuted for allegedly defrauding a GH ¢ 125,000 merchant under the pretext of supplying a 20-foot container of sardine to the merchant.
Bella Dede Quarshie, according to court accounts, invested the money in a product called Non-Diary Milk instead of supplying the goods as agreed, and then wrote a check for GH ¢ 100,000 in reimbursement to the victim when the money in her bank account was below the face value of the check.
This was after several failed promises to deliver the shipments.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge of fraud and writing a bad check when he appeared in Accra Circuit Court.
The court, chaired by Ms. Evelyn Asamoah, granted her bond in the amount of GH ¢ 200,000 with three bonds, one of which must be a public official.
The court also ordered the prosecution, led by Inspector Samuel Ahiabor, to present all the documents on which it would rely for the trial before March 15 of this year.
The hearing continues on March 18 of this year.
First amount
The facts presented by the prosecutor were that the plaintiff was a merchant at the CMB Market in Accra and resided in Anyaa, while Bella was a businesswoman residing in MacCarthy Hill.
Inspector Ahiabor said that in January this year, Bella approached the complainant who had Molli sardines in large quantities for sale and managed to convince the complainant to make a cash deposit of GH ¢ 50,000 on January 18 of this year for her to supply the 20 – shipment of the products by container on foot.
Although she did not give her part of the contact, Bella again convinced the complainant to make an additional payment of GH ¢ 50,000 for the product on January 26 of this year.
Bella then assured the plaintiff that she would deliver the goods the next day, but again she did not.
Suspect and check
Inspector Ahiabor said the complainant felt something suspicious and demanded a refund.
It said that on January 29, Bella wrote a bank check with a face value of ¢ 100,000 GH to the plaintiff when she learned that she did not have enough funds in her account.
On February 1 of this year, when the plaintiff was about to cash the check, Bella called him and prevented him from presenting it, claiming that she could supply him with Fampof Mackerel instead of the Sardine Molli that he did not provide, and the plaintiff agreed. .
However, it demanded an additional GH ¢ 25,000 before supplying the mackerel, which the complainant paid on February 4.
But again, even after providing the name and contact of a supposed tow driver who would deliver the merchandise, he did not deliver it to the complainant.
The case, he said, was later reported to police and led to Quarshie’s arrest on February 23.
During the investigation, Inspector Ahiabor said that Bella admitted the crimes and told the police that she used the money to invest in the trade of a product called Non-Diary Milk.
After the investigation, the defendant was charged with the crime and prosecuted.
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