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By Emelia Nkrumah\u00a0<\/p>\n
Accra, Oct. 15, GNA \u2013 An Accra Circuit Court has granted a businessman, Hamza Ali, bail of two million Cedis for defrauding by false pretence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 47-year-old allegedly took $105,000 from another businessman under the pretext of exchanging it for the equivalent of GH\u20b51,627,500 but did not follow through.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Charged with defrauding by false pretences, Ali pleaded not guilty.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The court presided over by Mr Samuel Bright Acquah, set the bail conditions to include three sureties, with one required to have justified landed property.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The case was adjourned to October 21, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Daniel Danku, informed the court that the complainant, Mr Gideon Oppong, a businessman residing in Kokomlemle, Accra, approached Ali, who operates a forex bureau in Kasoa, on May 23, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oppong\u2019s business partner sought to send money and inquired if Ali would accept U.S. dollars, to which Ali provided his foreign account number.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The prosecution stated that Oppong\u2019s business partner then transferred $105,000 into Ali\u2019s account, with Ali confirming that the payment would yield the equivalent of GH\u20b51,627,500 for Oppong.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, after the funds were deposited, Ali began to promise the cedi equivalent but failed to deliver and subsequently went into hiding.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Following this, on July 18, 2024, Oppong filed a complaint with the police, leading to Ali\u2019s arrest on July 23, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ali admitted to the offences in his caution statement and requested additional time to contact a friend named Emmanuel, whom he claimed owned the account he had provided to Oppong.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The prosecution said that the investigation was still ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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