Wenchi court remands five in major MoMo fraud case as police hunt sixth suspect

The Wenchi District Court has remanded five suspected members of a notorious mobile money fraud syndicate into police custody for their alleged roles in a large-scale defrauding scheme that has preyed on unsuspecting victims across the country.
Presided over by His Worship Issah Abdul Wahab, the court ordered the remand of the suspects after they were charged with conspiracy to commit crime, to wit: defrauding by false pretence, and defrauding by false pretence.
The case stems from a complaint filed on 24 April 2025, by Sylvester Declercq Mensah, a 54-year-old agriculturalist from Boadan in the Wenchi Municipality, who reported that he had been swindled of GH¢130,000 by unknown persons through a mobile money scam.
Following the report, police launched what they described as a full-scale investigation, which culminated in the arrest of the suspects on 18 January 2026.
Those in custody have been identified as Edward Amuzu, also known as Kwame Tina (26); Salifu Nurudeen, alias El-man (25); John Pobi, known as Father (37); Godfred Acquah, also called Kofi Biggs or Agabus (25); and Maxwell Fosu Kyei (31). A sixth suspect is currently on the run, according to police.
The suspects were arrested from separate hideouts in Accra, Kasoa, Winneba, and Assin Fosu, underscoring the syndicate’s wide operational reach.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the group allegedly employed a common but deceptive tactic—contacting mobile money users under the guise that funds had been mistakenly sent into the victims’ accounts, and requesting assistance to “reverse” the transactions.
Once trust was established, victims were reportedly manipulated into transferring large sums of money to the fraudsters.
Police further revealed that the syndicate is believed to have been operating for nearly five years, during which time it allegedly defrauded numerous victims of huge sums of money nationwide.
The accused persons are expected to reappear before the Wenchi District Court on January 26, 2026, for the continuation of proceedings.
In a statement signed by Chief Inspector Thomas Akeelah, the Public Relations Officer of the Bono Regional Police Command, the police urged the public to remain vigilant and cautious when dealing with unsolicited mobile money calls or messages.
“The Command advises members of the public not to act on claims of ‘wrong transactions’ without independently verifying such information through official mobile money service channels,” the statement said.
The case has renewed calls for heightened public awareness as mobile money fraud continues to pose a growing threat to digital financial transactions in Ghana.