Samuel Nana Mensah
Samuel Nana Mensah, a fake businessman has been handed a total of 38 years’ imprisonment term by an Accra High Court for defrauding a UK-based Ghanaian lecturer the sum of GHc1 million.
The complainant had returned to Ghana in 2019 with the intention of relocating following his retirement from active duty when the convict was introduced to him by another accused person who is on the run.
The convict according to court document was introduced to the complaint by his co-accused “as someone who worked with an institution called West African Monetary Agency (WAMA) and could help him invest his money.”
Samuel Nana Mensah then introduced himself to the complainant as a marketing officer for WAMA and promised the complainant a return of 50% if the complainant would invest Ghc1 million and above in WAMA.
“In their bid to deceive the complainant, the first accused (Samuel Nana Mensah) gave the complainant a complementary card bearing his name and the name of the company he claimed to be working for.
The complainant, according to court files paid an amount of GHc1 million in three tranches to the accused persons for investment purposes.
The complainant is said to have sensed he might have dealt with fraudsters and subsequently demanded a refunded of his money.
The accused persons went into hiding but Nana Mensah was found, arrested by the police, charged and dragged before court. Eric Arthur is still on the run.
Samuel Nana Mensah, pleaded not guilty and the court had to conduct a full trial.
The prosecution led by Winifred Sarpong, a Principal State Attorney was able to prove its case and the court, presided over by Justice Lydia Osei Marfo, found the convict guilty of seven (7) out of the eight (8) charges levelled against him.
The court had deferred the sentencing with the hope that the convict will make restitution of some form.
But passing sentencing, Justice Marfo held that the convict appears unremorseful about his conduct although the court had found as a fact that he had defrauded the complainant in the sum of GHc1 million.
The court sentenced him to 18 years in hard labour for four counts of conspiracy to defraud by false pretences.
He was also sentenced to 10 years in hard labour for a substantive charge of defrauding by false pretences and another 10 years in hard labour for money laundering.
The sentences are to run concurrently so he will serve the maximum sentence of 18 years’ imprisonment in hard labour.
Justice Marfo also ordered that all monies, properties or whatsoever which are found to be proceeds of his crime belonging to the convict directly or indirectly should be retrieved and given to the complainant.
BY Gibril Abdul Razak
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