Solomon Ababio Adjeman, 43 and marketing officer, and Cherry Addai aka Konadu, 32 and managing officer of Cherry Brenchez Company Limited, have been accused of defrauding Empomart Company Limited, Cameroon branch, off GH¢683,000.00.
Solomon and Cherry were, therefore, arraigned before the Accra Circuit Court on conspiracy to commit a crime and defrauding by false pretences.
They pleaded not guilty to the offences and were remanded into lawful custody on Wednesday, by the presiding judge, Mr. Samuel Bright Acquah,
Brief facts
DSP Maxwell Oppong told the court that Toh Mah Epse Chia is a businessman and employee of Empomart Company Limited, a well as the complainant in the case.
He said in November 2021, the accused persons approached a witness in the case to advertise some cosmetics products on their online platform for them.
According to him, one Michael Kwabena Yeboah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Empomart Company Ghana Limited, agreed and ran the advertisement for a fee of ten percent (10%) of the proceed that the accused persons would realised from the sales.
The complainant, who was in Cameroon, expressed interest in the products, and paid a total sum of 71,500,000 CFA, equivalent to GH¢683,000.00, to the accused persons through one Ibrahim, who is also a witness in the case.
The accused persons failed to supply the products, and in order to conceal the crime, they sent a sample of the products to the complainant that they were different products to be advertised for them.
When the complainant received the package, the accused persons then called to inform him that the said items were part of the earlier consignment that he had paid for.
After several unsuccessful attempts by the complainant to receive the products, he came to Ghana to pursue the accused persons to refund the money.
The court was told that the accused persons failed to refund the money, despite agreeing to do the appropriate thing.
The complainant reported the matter to the police and the accused persons were arrested on April 4, 2023.
DSP Oppong narrated to the court that police investigations disclosed that the accused persons had no certification to trade in the cosmetic products, hence, they couldn’t have supplied the products to the complainant.
Furthermore, Cheery Brenchez Company Limited is not registered with the Registrar of Companies, therefore, after investigation, they were charged with the offences and brought before the court.
