The court ordered the arrest of two fake people 
An Accra agency has issued arrest warrants for two suspected counterfeiters.
The two, Zuwela Alhaji, 30, and Abba Haruna, 33, allegedly defrauded a junk dealer by exchanging 28 fake $100 billsfor GHC15,960. The warrant was issued because the duo did not appear in court when the case was called.
Zuwela and Ibrahim Halidu, a married couple, have been accused of conspiracy to commit crimes and possession of counterfeit currency. Zuwela, who is unemployed, was charged with fraud by false pretenses.
Abba Haruna, who is also unemployed, is accused of serious crimes. The court acquitted Ibrahim Halidu, a 58-year-old unemployed man.
The court presided over by Mr.Isaac Addo allowed Halidu to pledge the sum of GHC 50,000 to two people, one of whom would be the right person. Director of Investigation Jonas Lawer said in the complaintBukari Mukaila is a garbagedealer in Galaway, Accra but lives in Kasoa in the Central Region.
The prosecution said thatZuwela, a housewife, lives inNsuano, Kasoa., while Halidu, a mechanic also owns a house inKasoa. He said that on May 27, 2023, Mukaila was at work when Zuwela approached him with 28 wads of $100 bills with the explanation that she urgently needed GHC 15,960 to do a business deal but didn't. didn't have time to change dollars in Ghana. cedis.
The prosecution said Zuwela begged the complainant to keep the dollars and give her Ghanaian cedis, with the promise to return the cedis in exchange for her dollars later that day. He said Zuwela did not repay the GHC 15,960 for his dollar. The plaintiff panickedand examined the dollar which he thought was counterfeit money. On May 30, 2023, the complainant found Zuwela at his house where he met Halidu who revealed that the dollarbills were his, but he did not know how Zuwela took them from his room.
Prosecutors said Halidu returned the plaintiff's dollarand advised him "not to go withthe money to get into trouble."
He said the complainant took one of the dollar bills as evidence. On June 2, 2023, the plaintiff reported the matter to the police and arrested Zuwela and Halidu in front of Haruna.
Prosecutors said that while the two accused were being takento the police station, Halidu called Haruna to bury the money, which he did. He said the money was later unearthed and handed over to the police.
During interrogation, Zuwela told the police that the money belonged to Halidu and she (Halidu) was told by her husband to exchange fake Ghana cedis to unsuspecting people so they could distributethe product. Prosecutors said the exhibits have been sent to the Bank of Ghana for investigation and the police areawaiting the results.