Nana Ama Nwarueze
A 62-year-old woman has been dragged before the Achimota Circuit Court for allegedly defrauding a businessman of $80,000 under the pretext of selling him four plots of land located in East Legon, Accra.
According to court documents, Nana Ama Nwarueze a.k.a Ohemaa, allegedly posed as the owner of the parcel of land and succeeded in taking the money from the complainant, Agbavor under false representation.
The accused has been charged with one count of fraudulent transaction of land and another count of defrauding by false pretence.
Nwarueze has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has since been admitted to bail by the court presided over by Her Honour Akosua Anokyewaa Adjepong.
Meanwhile, the case has been referred to the Attorney General on grounds that the amount involved was beyond the prosecutorial powers of the police.
Other charges
Nwarueze is also facing multiple charges in three separate cases at the Adabraka District Court presided over by Her Honour Abena Asoh Owusu-Omenyo.
In the first case, she has been accused of posing as a business mogul who owns expensive properties, including the Ohemaa Plaza at East Legon, some fishing vessels in Takoradi and a house at the Airport Residential Area in a bid to get the complainant in the case to give her $13,000.
The prosecution has charged her with one count of defrauding by false pretences in this case.
She has also been charged with two counts of defrauding by false pretences in another case in which she is accused of defrauding a pastor of GH¢170,000 under the pretext of clearing her goods at the Tema Port.
According to the prosecution, Nwarueze issued two blank cheques in an attempt to refund the money, but the same did not go through.
“The accused person told the pastor and his boss that she had a parcel of land at Villagio, Tetteh Quarshie Roundabout and Aburi in the Eastern Region. The accused person took the complainant and his boss to inspect the lands, and they showed interest in the Aburi land, but she could not produce documents of ownership,” the prosecution’s brief facts indicated.
“The accused afterwards cut communications with the complainant and went into hiding,” Chief Inspector Achana Apewah, who narrated the facts of the case, told the court.
He added that a news publication about the accused person’s arrest led the complainant to submit a petition for the case to be investigated.
In the third case, she is standing trial for allegedly defrauding a CCTV technician of GH¢9,000 under the pretext of securing him an American visa.
At the Adabraka District Court, she had been granted bail in the sum of GH¢200,000 with two sureties, one of whom must be justified.
As part of the bail conditions, she is to deposit her passport at the court’s registry. She is to report to the police twice every week.
BY Gibril Abdul Razak