Five individuals have been arrested in connection with the printing of counterfeit GH¢200 and $100 notes, amounting to GH¢2.3 million and $191,900 respectively.
The accused, who appeared before an Accra Circuit Court on Friday, are Shubham Sharma (General Manager), James Mozu Bonaparte (Graphic Designer), Prince Owusu Ahenkorah (Photographer/Video Director), and Jonathan Kwame Appiah and Solomon Adjetey Adjei, both Graphic Designers.
The five have been jointly charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and were arrested at various locations across Accra.
Sharma, Bonaparte, and Ahenkorah face an additional charge of possession of forged notes, while Appiah and Adjei have been charged with uttering forged notes.
