The Accra Circuit Court has charged a 25-year-old National Service Personnel, identified as Jesper Kobina Mensah, with one count of stealing after he allegedly stole GH¢303,950 through unauthorised electronic transfers from a Stanbic Bank Ghana Ltd customer.

The charge is contrary to Section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), as amended by Paragraph 4 of NLCD 398, and Section 107 of the Electronic Transaction Act, 2008 (Act 772).

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According to a report by The Chronicle newspaper on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, the accused, Mensah, allegedly made unauthorised financial transactions from the account of a Ghanaian citizen who banks with Stanbic Bank Ghana.

The prosecutor in charge of the case, DSP Emmanuel Nyamekye, provided the brief facts in court, stating that the incident, which occurred on July 15, 2025, was brought to light when the bank, represented by its Manager of Investigations, Genevieve Ama Gadikor, reported the matter to law enforcement.

He stated that the victim, who resides in South Africa, reported the matter to the bank after noticing unauthorised electronic transfers from his account, totaling GH¢303,950.

The Chronicle further indicated that the stolen funds were allegedly transferred to various MTN Mobile Money accounts with the following details: 0598633019 (Name: Abraham Asiedu), 0544116186 (Name: Stephen Eshun), and 0597564947 (Name: Fatau Sulley).

Law enforcement authorities, through their investigations, reportedly arrested Fatau Sulley, one of the recipients of the stolen funds, on July 28, 2025.

Sulley, identified as a Binance merchant, who trades in the cryptocurrency USDT, admitted during interrogation that he had received funds via Mobile Money for cryptocurrency transactions on the Binance platform, but claimed he only served as a middleman.

On August 28, 2025, police intelligence led to the arrest of Jesper Kobina Mensah at his hideout at Nungua, a suburb of Accra.

A subsequent search conducted by police at his residence uncovered a trove of electronic and telecommunication equipment, including nine (9) mobile phones, two (2) laptops, 108 registered Telecel SIM cards, 27 empty Telecel SIM starter packs, 72 registered MTN SIM cards, 88 empty MTN SIM starter packs, and other assorted items linked to digital fraud.

The report added that upon his arrest, Mensah admitted in his caution statement to the police that he was the user of the two key mobile numbers involved in the transactions and acknowledged receiving the funds.

He, however, claimed that he had acted on behalf of unidentified Chinese nationals who allegedly instructed him to convert the money into USDT, a stablecoin, and transfer it via the Binance platform.

The case investigator, Detective Sergeant James Kwesi Turkson, confirmed that investigations are still ongoing, particularly in tracking down the supposed international accomplices.

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Meanwhile, Mensah has been denied bail by the presiding judge, Sedinam Awo Kwadam, after he pleaded not guilty to the charges.

He has since been remanded into police custody, with his next court appearance yet to be determined as the prosecution continues to build its case.

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