An employee of the Northern Electrification Distribution Company (NEDCo), which si a subsidiary of the Volta River Authority, has been sentenced to a fine of GHȼ18,000.00 after he pleaded guilty of defrauding property owners.
The Nsuta Circuit Court presided over by Ms. Lydia Osei Marfo handed Ibrahim Alhassan Gawsu the sentence and he will serve a 10-year jail term in default.
That is not all, he was also ordered to refund all monies taken from property owners and then pay a compensation of GHȼ4,000.00 to his employer, NEDCo.
Police Chief Inspector Daniel Gbedzinu narrated to the court that, the convict was employed by NEDCo about two years ago, to help in meter reading in the Ejura Municipality for calculation of monthly bills.
Inspector Gbedzinu said between the time of his employment and his arrest, he had been able to dupe property owners up to the tune of GHȼ4,165.84.
The convict, according to the prosecution, had been taking monies from the property owners totaling the said amount, with the promise to help supply power to their properties.
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The victims later lodged complaints with NEDCo after he failed to fulfil his promise. When questioned, Ibrahim Alhassan Gawsu admitted to the offence and was handed over to the police. Ibrahim was charged with defrauding by false pretense to which he pleaded guilty and was sentenced on his own plea.