Thursday, May 21, 2009 (Page 14)
THE Chairman of JB Plaza Limited, real estate company, Kojo Bekoe, has been arraigned at the Circuit Court in Accra for allegedly issuing false cheques totalling GH¢216,000 as repayment for financial assistance he sought from a businesswoman.
Bekoe was alleged to have approached the complainant, Madam Darling Tuffour, to offer him financial assistance to enable him to clear his goods at the port.
According to the prosecution, Madam Tuffour subsequently gave the accused person GH¢296,000 to enable him to clear his goods.
Bekoe pleaded not guilty to four counts of issuing false cheques.
The court, presided over by Mrs Ivy Heward-Mills granted Bekoe bail in the sum of GH¢300,000 with a surety by the court.
The court fixed Tuesday, May 26, 2009 as the date for hearing of the case.
Prosecuting, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr George Abavelim, told the court that during the latter part of 2007, the accused person approached the complainant for financial assistance to enable him to clear his goods at the port.
On December 1, 2007, the complainant gave GH296,000 cash to Bekoe who in turn issued post dated HFC Bank with numbers 005907and 005812 and Zenith Bank cheques numbers 000248 and 000247.
When the cheques were presented on the due dates at the various banks, they were dishonoured on the grounds that there were insufficient funds in the accused person’s accounts to pay the cheques.
Upon realising that the cheques could not be honoured, Madam Tuffour immediately notified the accused person but he did not budge.
Madam Tuffour from then made all necessary efforts with the view of retrieving her money from Bekoe all to no avail.
She, therefore, had no alternative than to report the case to the Police, which led to the arrest of Bekoe.
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