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Fraudster, jailed three years
reappears in court.
Tema, July 11, GNA - A thirty-two-year old self styled
Managing Director of a non-existing company in Tema has
appeared before the Tema Circuit Court ‘B’ two weeks after
he had been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the
Tema Circuit Court ‘A’ for engaging in fraudulent
activities.
John Christian Fiano who pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of
fraud by false pretence was remanded by the court presided
over by Mrs Amanda Aikins.
Enoch Kwame Boateng, aged 32, an accomplice of Fiano also
pleaded not guilty to the charge of abetment of crime and
was equally remanded to reappear in court on July 21.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Ben Agbedanu told the court
that Fiano who resides in Tema, posted notices of employment
on walls in Accra and Tema, seeking to recruit people for
Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA),
Nestle Ghana Limited, PZ Company and other reputable
companies in the metropolis.
He said Fiano then employed Boateng who resides at Ashaiman,
to assist him renting a room at Tema Community one site 16,
where they operated a company by name Rogital Agency
Company.
Chief Inspector Agbedanu said Fiano and Boateng who claimed
they were the Managing Director and Personnel Manager
respectively of the said company collected between GH˘25 and
GH˘30 each from more than 100 unsuspected applicants as
registration fees.
The court was told that after collecting the money together
with application letters and curriculum vitaes, Boateng
conducted an interview, failed all the applicants and asked
them to reapply.
Prosecution said 31 applicants informed the police of the
nefarious activities of the accused persons on June 12,
leading to their arrest and the retrieval of 62 filled
application forms and passport size photographs.
He added that 12 complainants also reported the fraud to the
police after Fiano’s three years sentence.
GNA
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