Martha Amakye, 34, who was working at the Tema Community one branch of Stanbic, allegedly contacted customers without any authorization and collected their money under the pretext of investing the amounts in fixed deposit instruments.
ADVERTISEMENT
Stanbic staff Martha Amakye who duped customers GH¢900,000 found guilty of fraud
An Accra High court has found guilty Martha Amakye, the Stanbic worker who duped customers to the tune of a whopping GH¢900,000.
Stanbic staff Martha Amakye
Recommended articles
After payment, Amakye issued some customers with fake bank deposit slips and later paid some of her victims what she said were interested in their investment, telling them the principal amounts would be reinvested.
Amakye, a personal solution consultant or sales officer was said to have collected the monies from customers of the bank between 2015 and 2016.
Martha Amakye
Pulse Ghana
ADVERTISEMENT
Reports from the bank revealed that most of the victims paid their funds meant for the investment to Amakye in the banking hall, while others gave the money to her outside the bank.
After collecting the money, Amakye issued the victims with copies of suspected fake deposit slips.
On January 2, 2017, the bank detected her fraudulent deals and reported the matter to the police.
The suspect went into hiding and was not seen again until she was arrested in May 2017.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.com.gh
Recommended articles
Truck driver arrested for allegedly causing train accident on Tema-Mpakadan railway line
Kia driver who caused accident involving Ghana’s new train reports himself to Police
No passenger injured in accident involving Ghana’s newly imported train – Railways Minister
NAGRAT gives govt one-week deadline to address unpaid pensions affecting 700,000 workers
Inside story of how Ghana’s new train got involved in accident on a test run
3 years after he was declared dead, German-American billionaire found in Russia
She sent naked photos to Dubai lover while I battled kidney disease - Erico speaks on divorce
How did young politicians get so rich in just 5 to 7 years - Franklin Cudjoe asks
