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<\/div>\nAn Administrative Officer with Kabfam Company Limited has been remanded into police custody for allegedly stealing over GH\u00a2 1 million from his employer.<\/p>\n
According to state prosecutors, Nana Nhyira Agyapong who confirmed that he spent the GH\u00a2 1, 079,728 on sports betting, was fingered after an internal audit had been conducted on the company\u2019s funds.<\/p>\n
He has, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing and forgery at the court, presided over by Ellen Offei-Ayeh.<\/p>\n
He is to re-appear on April 4, 2022.<\/p>\n
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Prosecution\u2019s facts<\/strong><\/p>\n The facts as presented by the prosecutor, Inspector Maxwell Ayim, were that on March 4 this year, the company\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Antwi Boahen, gave Agyapong GH\u00a2 800,000 to deposit into the bank account of the company\u2019s supplier\u2019s account.<\/p>\n The accused, he said, was given the stamped deposit slip with face value, GH\u00a2 800,000 to indicate proof of deposit.<\/p>\n The prosecutor said the complainant also forwarded a copy of the deposit slip to his suppliers as proof of payment.<\/p>\n However, on March 14, 2022, the CEO received feedback from his suppliers to indicate that no money had been deposited into the said account.<\/p>\n \u201cThe CEO confronted the accused person and he confessed to him that he did not deposit any money on the said date and that the payslip he sent to him was forged,\u201d the prosecutor told the court.<\/p>\n Internal audit<\/strong><\/p>\n That prompted the CEO to conduct an internal audit of all the company\u2019s funds which were supervised by Agyapong.<\/p>\n The audit, he said, revealed that an additional GH\u00a2 279,728 was unaccounted for, making a total of GH\u00a2 1, 079,728.<\/p>\n This caused the complainant to report the case to the police for investigation which subsequently led to Agyapong\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n \u201cThe accused person admitted the offences in his caution statement to the police, and stated that he used the money to stake Spotify bet and 1xbet but lost,\u201d the prosecutor added.<\/p>\n Again, Inspector Ayim said Agyapong stated that he failed to deposit the money but went to the banking hall, filled the deposit slip form at the bank, appended the received stamp on the duplicate when the teller was not looking.<\/p>\n \u201cInvestigation revealed that from September 2021 to March 2022, the accused person spent a total of GH\u00a2 1,285,034 on soccer bet,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n MORE: <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n