The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a teacher to 120 months in prison in hard labour for stealing GHC238,550.99 belonging to his bank (a rural bank).
John Ankomah Boateng, 36, denied the offence but was taken through full trial and found culpable.
Chief Inspector Eric Twum, Police Detective, told the Court, presided over by Mr Isaac Apeatu, that Mr David Aneere Atianeere, the complainant, was the Internal Auditor of the rural bank.
He said Boateng was a teacher at a Junior High School in the Bosome-Freho District and a customer of the bank.
Between February 9 – 26, 2024, Ankomah fraudulently made withdrawals to the tune of GHC238,550.99 using the Ghana Pay application whilst his account balance was GHC 2.23.
Prosecution said on February 28, 2024, the complainant reported the case to the Regional CID Ashanti South, which led to the arrest of Ankomah on March 13, 2024.
In his caution statement, he admitted the offence and stated that he transferred GHC10,000.00 to one Isaac, GHC 5,000.00 to Kweku, GHC 20,000.00 to Kweku Duah, and GHC 5,000.00 to Neymar, for safe keeping.
The court heard that he also transferred GHC40,000.00 to a travel agent to process his traveling documents.
GNA
