A 46-year-old fashion designer, Samuel Kwaku Yeboah, is standing trial for failing to secure a United States of America (USA) visa for Rose Owusua Gyamera and her relatives. Samuel has been charged with defrauding by false pretences.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charge, and was granted bail in the sum of GH¢60,000.00 with two sureties, who must be residents within the jurisdiction of the Accra Circuit Court.
The court, presided over by Her Honour Susan Eduful, was told by Chief Inspector Christine Bandoh that Rose Owusua Gyamera was the complainant and a Pastoress.
C/Insp. Bandoh indicated that while Pastoress Ross lived at Sunyani, the accused was a resident of Dome in Accra.
She said during the month of April 2023, the complainant came into contact with the accused through a mutual friend.
During their interaction, the accused gave her assurance that he could assist her and three of her relatives with visas to travel to the US.
The complainant also became interested, thereby giving the accused the leeway to charge her GH¢100,000.00 to secure the visas.
The accused later demanded and collected an amount of GH¢60,000.00 from the complainant by providing her with his GCB Bank Limited account for the processing of the visas.
Subsequently, the accused collected four passports from the complainant and promised to secure her the visas to travel on May 16, 2023, but failed.
The complainant then called the accused person to know what was happening, but the accused asked her to pay an additional amount of GH¢20,000.00 without explaining the reason to her.
The complainant became suspicious and reported the matter to the police. The accused was arrested and admitted the offence in his investigation cautioned statement.
He allegedly told the police that he gave the money to one Seth Osompa, but failed to tell the police the whereabouts of the said Seth Sompa.
After investigations, he was charged before the court.
