COURT ISSUES BENCH WARRANT FOR ARREST OF BUSINESSWOMAN (PAGE 39)

THE Jasikan Circuit Court in the Volta Region has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of a 23-year old Jasiskan-based business woman, Sylvia Ama Afful, for allegedly defrauding the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) of GH¢1,230.
The court has adjourned the case sine die until Sylvia, who has jumped bail, is re-arrested.
Sylvia is believed to be hiding in Accra or Tema.
Presenting the facts of the case before the court presided over by Mr Samuel Kofi Solomon, the prosecutor, Inspector Seth Twum Mensah, said on December 31, 2007, Sylvia, a customer of the Jasikan branch of the GCB, went to the bank to transact business.
He said Sylvia, who had credit balance of GH¢1,247.22 at the bank, requested the staff to transfer the money to Tema for some business transactions.
According to the prosecutor, the bank suffered some power fluctuations so the transfer process was made twice as the first transaction was thought to have been unsuccessful.
Inspector Twum Mensah said when the network was fully restored, the bank detected that the suspect’s account had been credited twice.
According to the prosecutor, the bank quickly notified Sylvia by telephone but she ignored the notification and rather went ahead to withdraw all the money in her account.
Inspector Twum Mensah said Sylvia gave the assurance that she would refund the excess amount to the bank but rather closed the account and stopped going to Jasikan.