An Accra High Court has sentenced a former staff of ABSA Bank, Emmanuel Sakyi Afriyie, to 10 years in prison for stealing GH¢1.2 million from the accounts of some staff.
The case had been in court since 2023 after he was arrested while trying to escape to Dubai with his girlfriend.
However, Cecil Nyamesem Agyarkwa, one of his accomplices, was acquitted and discharged of charges relating to his alleged involvement in the ABSA Bank theft.
Background Emmanuel Sakyi Afriyie, a 25-year-old contract employee of one of Ghana's biggest banks, Absa Bank, was arrested by security agencies for allegedly stealing about GH¢1.2 million from clients' bank accounts.
