Deadly fraudster 36,accomplice standing criminal trial at the Ashaiman circuit court for defrauding by false pretence
He falsely pretended that if the said 400 bags of rice were given to him, he would make payment through a cheque deposit, which statement he knew at the time of making it to be false.
Prosper Kwaku Selassy Agbitor 
A 36-year-old hardened fraudster and his accomplice are standing criminal trials at the Ashaiman circuit court on separate criminal charges.
While the court remands Peject Godfred aka Alfred Mensah, his accomplice, Mustapha Mohammed was granted bail.
Peject Godfred aka Alfred Mensah with the intent to defraud obtained the consent of one Beatrice Senyo Zevor to part with 400 bags of 25kg rice valued at GHS 160,000.00.
He falsely pretended that if the said 400 bags of rice were given to him, he would make payment through a cheque deposit, which statement he knew at the time of making it to be false.
While he was charged with defrauding by false pretence contrary to section 131 of the Criminal Offencess Act 1960(Act 29), his accomplice, Mustapha Mohammed, aged 35 and a driver on the other hand was charged with abetment of crime to wit; dishonestly receiving contrary to sections 20(1) and 148 of the Criminal Offences Act 1960(Act 29).
When the case was first mentioned on the 5 September,2023,the presiding judge, His Honour Simon Gaga after listening to counsel for the accused persons praying for bail and prosecution opposing same because investigations were ongoing to locate the whereabouts of the bags of rice, he ordered that A1 and A2 be remanded in lawful custody.
When the case was mentioned on 20 September ,2023 after being adjourned on 5 September 2023, it came to light that A1, Peject Godfred aka Alfred Mensah was standing trial in another case at the Ashaiman Region.
Their counsel, Mr. Bright Amu prayed for bail for A1, and the same was granted at the sum of GHS50,000.00 with two sureties while the case was adjourned to 2 October 2023 for mention.
Prosecution; the prosecuting Officer, Chief Inspector Samual Aperweh read the D/Inspector Anthony Hanyabui I/C in court.
He told the court that the complainant, Beatrice Senyo Zevor aged 42, is an entrepreneur and the owner of LAVITESSE a Ghana rice distribution company.
He told the court that A1, Peject Godfred aka Alfred Mensah aged 36 is a trader and resides at Michel Camp while A2, Mustapha Mohammed aged 35 is a driver by profession and also doubles as a driver of suspect Mary, the dishonest receiver now at large.
Chief Aperweh said on Thursday, 3 August 2023, an accused person contacted the complainant via her website and placed an order for 400 bags of 5 by 5kg rice at a rate of GHS400.00 per bag.
The accused, Peject Godfred on the same day sent his accomplice Aziz now St large to the complainant at Community 25 to verify her credibility before the complainant would make payment.
He told the court that on the same day, the complainant received an alert on her phone that a cheque deposit of GHS 160.000.00 was transferred into her GCB Bank Community 25 branch.
The accused person then started mounting pressure on the complainant for the goods but the complainant insisted that until she clears the cheque, she will not release the goods.
The accused person then sent a copy of the pay-in slip to the complainant and promised to make it cash by 3:00 p.m. on the same Thursday.
He told the court that the complainant upon seeing the alert, met suspect Aziz and the driver of the Kia Rhino used to convey the rice at Community 25 and escorted them to the company's warehouse at Adidome in the Volta Region where she released 400 bags of 5 by 5kg rice to them.
Suspect Aziz and the driver drove to Community 25 where accused Peject Godfred and the suspect then sold the 400 bags of 5 by 5 kg rice to a woman only known as Mary and collected a deposit GHS 70,000.00.
2nd accused person assisted suspect Maryin in offloading the bags of rice into another truck and received GHS500 from her.
On Monday, 7 September 2023, the complainant received a debit alert of the reversal of the transaction of the cheque and immediately detected that she was defrauded.
The complainant then lodged a former complaint with the police and during the investigation, the accused Peject Godfred who is facing trial in a similar case at Ejura in the Ashanti Region was arrested and brought to Ashaiman.
The 1st accused person led police to arrest 2nd accused person in Washington, Ashaiman.
He told the court that strenuous efforts were being made to arrest all the accomplices and the dishonest receiver, Mary. The case is still under investigations
