Mobile money sales boy accused of over GH¢1.3m theft

Richard Okai, a 26-year-old mobile money sales boy, has been accused of stealing about GH¢ 1,385,910.3.

His charges included: count one; GH¢ 94, 596.30, count two; GH¢ 451, 048.60, count three; GH¢ 460, 983, count four; GH¢ 169,888.50, count five; GH¢ 129, 433 and count six; GH¢ 79, 961.

The accused is said to be responsible for mobile money transactions at Lilyna Enterprise, thus collecting monies from customers and depositing them into the company’s merchant account.

The prosecutor said because the complainant trusted him, she did not feel the need to check if he was handling the mobile money correctly.

 “On February 20, 2024, at about 10 a.m., some customers were paying through mobile money when Naa Mayley, the complainant’s daughter and a witness in this case, noticed Richard acting suspiciously,” C/Insp Lanyo added.

Naa Mayley then took the company’s mobile phone from him and discovered that he had transferred GH¢1,697 from the company’s account to his personal mobile money account.

Further investigations also showed that Okai had used some of the stolen money to purchase land in Akatanmaso in Accra and deposited GH¢7,000 in his Fidelity Bank account, kept GH¢3,000 in his mobile money account, and spent some money on gambling.