Graphic accounts clerk in court for stealing

May 29, 2008

AN accounts clerk of the Graphic Communications Group Limited, Daniel Tsagli, was arraigned before the Accra Circuit Court yesterday for allegedly stealing GH¢140,000 belonging to the company.
Tsagli, who is stationed at the Ho office of the company, was alleged to have failed to lodge in the company’s accounts at the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) money collected from vendors and agents of the company from January, 2007 to March, 2008.
He pleaded not guilty to three counts of forgery of documents, possession of forged documents and stealing.
The court, presided over by Mrs Georgina Mensah-Datsa, granted Tsagli bail in the sum of GH¢140,000 with four sureties.
He is to appear again on June 18, 2008.
Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr George Abavelim, told the court that sometime in April, 2008, the company was preparing its accounts for the 2007 financial year when it detected that the accused person had failed to lodge in the company’s accounts with GCB GH¢140,000 which he had collected from vendors and agents of the company.
Instead, Tsagli presented fake pay-in slips to show he had deposited the said amount at the bank, the prosecution stated.
According to the prosecution, investigations revealed that Tsagli secured a stamp similar to that of the Ho branch of the GCB and stamped various pay-in slips amounting to GH¢140,000.
In his attempt to cover up his deeds, Tsagli allegedly forged signatures purported to be those of tellers of the bank and presented them to the head office of the company.
The prosecution further stated that Tsagli, who had been on the run, surrendered to the police on May 19, 2008 but could not offer any tangible explanation for his actions in his caution statement to the police.
According to the prosecution, Tsagli had also failed to co-operate with the police.