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The Takoradi Regional Court has sentenced a 49-year-old man who calls himself ‘Mallam’ to five years in prison for fraudulently lying in contravention of section 131 of the Criminal Offenses Act 1960 (Act 29).
The defendant, Ibrahim Adelove, allegedly defrauded Takoradi businesswoman Mike Rahim for $ 10,000 (GH ¢ 77,000) by pretending to buy other goods in Togo.
The defendant had previously defrauded a businesswoman of a large sum of money in Ghana to help her alleviate the misery she called life.
A court headed by his wife Michael Ampadu convicted Ibrahim and sentenced him to serve as a deterrent to others.
Prosecutor Chief Inspector Robert Yawson told the court that plaintiff Mike Rahim was a perfumer working in perfumes and cosmetics in Takoradi.
In 2019, he approached Ibrahim Adelove, who calls himself ‘Mallam’ and lives in Kwesimintsim in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality in the Western region.
He further added that the defendant cleverly made people who knew the complainant help him hold the brakes on his spiritual injury.
The defendant later revealed to the plaintiff that his mother was the cause of his decline in life and promised to help him break free from slavery.
The plaintiff unknowingly believed in Mallam who called himself and succeeded in extorting large sums of money from him.
Mallam who calls himself Mallam convinced the plaintiff to give him money to buy his sales at a very cheap price from the Republic of Togo.
He accepted the offer and offered the defendant $ 10,000 in Ghana Cedis to purchase the items.
A week later the defendant was not found and most of his phone calls were unsuccessful.
He later told the complainant that all the money was lost on his way to Togo.
However, the businessman denied the allegations and said he had to pay her money.
The suspect returned to Takoradi but refused to return the money.
On Wednesday, March 9 around 5 pm, the complainant spotted the accused near the Davi Ama Chop Bar in Takoradi and raised the alarm which led to his arrest.
Defendant admitted to receiving the money and admitted that he had invested it in petrol business in Togo but unfortunately the business collapsed.
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