Jesper Kobina Mensah
Police at Nungua have arrested 25-year-old JesperKobina Mensah, a National Service Person, for his alleged role in the theft of GH¢303,950 from a Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited account belonging to a Ghanaian resident in South Africa.
He has been charged with stealing, contrary to Section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), as amended by Paragraph 4 of NLCD 398, and Section 107 of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008 (Act 772).
According to investigators, the suspect allegedly orchestrated the siphoning of funds through multiple MTN Mobile Money accounts registered under the names Abraham Seidu, Stephen Eshun, and FatauSulley.
Another suspect, FatauSulley, identified as a Binance USDT merchant, has also been implicated. Both men deny masterminding the fraud, insisting they only facilitated cedi-to-crypto conversions on behalf of unidentified Chinese nationals.
On August 28, 2025, police intelligence led to the arrest of JesperKobina Mensah at his hideout in Nungua, a suburb of Accra.
A search of his residence uncovered a large cache of electronic and telecommunication equipment, including nine mobile phones, two laptops, 108 registered Telecel SIM cards, 27 unused Telecel starter packs, 72 registered MTN SIM cards, 88 unused MTN starter packs, and other items linked to digital fraud.
The report added that upon his arrest, Mensah admitted in his caution statement to the police that he was the user of the two key mobile numbers involved in the transactions and acknowledged receiving thefunds.
He, however, claimed that he had acted on behalf of unidentified Chinese nationals who allegedly instructed.
He has since been remanded into police custody.