National Service Person Remanded for GH¢303,950 Stanbic Bank Theft
A 25-year-old National Service Person, Jesper Kobina Mensah, has been arraigned before the Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly stealing GH¢303,950 through unauthorised electronic transfers from a Stanbic Bank Ghana Ltd customer’s account. Presided over by Her Honour Sedinam Awo Kwadam, the accused was charged with one count of stealing under Section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), as amended, and Section 107 of the Electronic Transaction Act, 2008 (Act 772). Mensah pleaded not guilty but was denied bail and remanded into police custody. The prosecution, led by DSP Emmanuel Nyamekye, explained that the funds were siphoned on July 15, 2025, from the account of a Ghanaian customer based in South Africa. The stolen money was traced to several MTN Mobile Money accounts registered under different names, including Abraham Asiedu, Stephen Eshun, and Fatau Sulley. Investigations revealed […]
