Kenneth Barnes, a Financial Analyst and the Chief Executive Officer of Mybarnes Limited, has been accused of duping a Bawku based nurse off GH¢444,400.00 in a fertiliser deal.
The amount was allegedly collected by Barnes to supply Frinjuah Obed Peter 7,000 bags of fertiliser.
Kenneth Barnes has been slapped with one count of defrauding by false pretences, but when the case presented before the Accra Circuit Court yesterday, he failed to show up.
The court, presided over by His Honour Isaac Oheneba Kuffour, has issued a bench warrant for Kenneth Barnes to be arrested.
Mr. Kuffour has adjourned the case to September 5, 2023.
DSP Emmanuel Nyamekye is the prosecuting officer of the case.
The facts of the case are that the complainant is a nurse and lives at Bawku, while the accused is a 36-year-old Financial Analyst and the Chief Executive Officer of Mybarnes Limited and lives at Amasaman.
Thus, in June 2021, the complainant was introduced to the accused as a dealer in fertiliser.
Based on this, the accused assured the complainant that he could supply him with any quantity of fertiliser he needed.
The complainant informed his relatives and friends who were farmers and they gave the complainant various sums of monies for the fertiliser requisition.
The complainant requested for 7,000 bags of the fertiliser from the accused, which amounted to GH¢444,400.00.
The accused gave the complainant his bank account, as well as mobile wallet numbers, for payment to be made in.
The complainant deposited an amount of GH¢434,400.00 into the bank account, and GH¢10,000.00 into the Mobil wallet, all bearing the name Mybarnes Limited.
The accused acknowledged receipt of payments and promised to deliver the supply within a month, but failed.
The complainant, thereafter, demanded a refund of the money, and the accused promised to pay within 21 days but failed.
Upon these failed promised, the matter was reported to the police and the accused was subsequently arrested.
The accused admitted having received the amount from the complainant, and promised to supply the goods or refund the money before December 20, 2022, and again failed.
The accused was, therefore, charged with the offence before court.
