A contract staff of one of the major banks [name withheld] in Ghana has been arrested by the security agencies for allegedly stealing close to GH¢1.2million from customers' bank accounts.
He used two months to move the said amount from the various customers' bank accounts in a branch of the bank located at Osu in Accra.
The customers’ accounts he allegedly stole from included that of a former Inspector General of Police and a judge, who are both deceased.
What did he use the money for?
He allegedly used part of the money to buy a mobile phone, Iphone 14 Pro Max, a vehicle, Toyota Camry, moved some to his account in another bank and that of his accomplices’ accounts – 17 in total - in various banks and their mobile money accounts.
He bought an airplane ticket and had planned to abscond to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates with his girlfriend.
He is facing charges on various crimes, including stealing and conspiracy together with some of his accomplices.
Emmanuel alone is facing additional charges of forgery of other documents and falsification of accounts, bringing the total charges levelled against him to 13.
Eleven other suspected accomplices are however on the run.
He pleaded not guilty to the offences.
The police are investigating the case further. He is to reappear in the court presided over by Ellen Ofei-Ayeh on June 16, 2023.
How did he do it?
The accused person is alleged to have used his boss’ password to do the transactions.
He allegedly secretly used a mobile phone to film his boss while she was entering her password and later watched the footage to know the password the boss was using.
He then used the two months period to move the monies from the customers’ accounts.
Facts
The Head of Fraud Detection and Operations at the bank is the complainant in the case.
According to him, the accused person is a resident of Labone and until May 2023, he was contracted as Processing Officer at the bank.
The accused person was employed by the bank as a contract staff in the month of February 2022 and was posted to the Osu branch as a Processing Officer, whose job description was to assist customers in loan processing, T-bill processing, debit card processing, dormant account activation and customer account maintenance among others.
Due to the job description, the accused worked on several accounts.
However, somewhere in February 2023, the accused registered for an online coding course, which the renewable annual subscription fee was US$174.30, equivalent to GH¢2,287.69.
Instead of paying for the course out of his own pocket, the accused rather made the payment on one of the bank’s customer’s Visa card on February 6, 2023.
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