A 45-year-old businessman, Bawa Yusif Sarkodie, has been arraigned before the Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly defrauding a Contractor, James Gyekye, of GH¢400,000 under the pretext of selling him a wheel loader earthmoving machine.
Sarkodie, together with two accomplices, Yaw Sam and Fred, who are currently at large, is facing two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime (defrauding by false pretence) and defrauding by false pretence, contrary to Sections 23(1) and 131 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).