Five people have been arrested in connection with the printing of fake GH¢200 and $100 notes, totalling 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); Jonathan Kwame Appiah and Solomon Adjetey Adjei (both graphic designers).
The five were jointly charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and were arrested at various locations in Accra.
Sharma, Bonaparte, and Ahenkorah are facing an additional charge of possession of forged notes, while Appiah and Adjei are charged with uttering forged notes.