Court charges absconding fraudster

An official of the Rights of the Child Foundation has been put before the Madina Circuit Tribunal on a charge of fraud.

The accused, John Deebge, is alleged to have defrauded a businessman, Lampson Alhassan of 4,000 Deutsche Marks under the pretext of his organization.

According to Inspector Agnes Hamenoo, Lampson who lives at Akatsi Abor in the Volta Region, for some time now expressed interest to travel to Europe and was introduced to Deegbe, who promised to assist Lampson and demanded 4,000 Deutsche Marks from him as part payment to enable him process his travel documents.

However, after collecting the money, in May this year, Deegbe went into hiding. Lampson reported the matter to the Madina Police who traced Deegbe and upon his arrest, admitted having defrauded Lampson but pleaded with the police to give him time to refund the money. The police acceded to his plea and granted him bail.

But Deegbe instead, pulled a fast one on the police. He absconded and went into hiding again. He was arrested after intensive search and charged with fraud.