An Accra Circuit Courtroom has granted a software program engineer a ₵139,000.00 cedis bail with two sureties over fraud. The Courtroom presided over by Mrs Ellen Offei Ayeh ordered that Kofi Kwansa Bart-Plange’s sureties must be justified. Bart-Plange, the accused particular person, has nonetheless denied the offence. Police Inspector Daniel Ofori-Appiah giving
the information stated Ako Elsie Baaba, the complainant was a Logistics Management Officer at MAXAM Firm Restricted, Accra.The accused particular person is at the moment unemployed and in December 2020, he knowledgeable the complainant that, Pentra Belief Firm Restricted Accra, had an funding bundle that had good returns for a interval of six months
and past. The prosecution stated primarily based on clarification and the reassurance given by the accused particular person to the complainant, she additionally transferred ₵211,000.00 into the accused particular person’s ABSA Financial institution accounts No. 3503543 at Knutsford Department, Osu for the interval of December 2020 to the April 2021 to be matured. The Police Inspector
Ofori Appiah stated when the funding matured, the complainant demanded for the principal and the curiosity accrued on the cash. However, the accused failed to present the complainant the principal quantity with the curiosity after a number of calls for. The Prosecution stated the complainant made a report back to the Police which led to the accused
particular person’s arrest. Throughout investigations, accused particular person refunded ₵70,420.00 to the complainant, leaving steadiness of ₵139,580.00, the Courtroom heard. After investigation, he was charged with the offence and introduced earlier than the Courtroom.
