The Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a hairstyl­ist, Adwoa Nyarko, to five years in prison for engaging in GH¢139,000 recruitment scam.

She was found guilty on four counts of conspiracy to commit a crime and defrauding by false pretenses.

The accomplices of the hair­stylist, Nana Osei and Charles Kwame Damoah, were at large.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Raymond Ackon, prosecuting, informed the court, presided over by Mrs Ellen Ofei Ayeh that Nyarko resides in Wenchi.