SIM swap fraud: Four suspects granted bail

The four persons recently arrested over SIM swap fraud have been granted bail by an Accra Circuit court presided over by Her Honour Elle Ofei-Ayeh.

The four were put before court on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.

Two (2) of the accused persons, Stephen Arthur and Nicholas Gyekye were each granted bail in the sum of GH¢6 million with three sureties who should be gainfully employed while the remaining two (2) Ahmed Ansah and Daniel Kodzi were each granted bail in the sum of GH¢5 million with three sureties who should be gainfully employed.

The accused persons pleaded not guilty to nine (9) counts of conspiracy to steal, attempt to steal, and participating in an organised criminal group slapped on them.

EOCO and the Ghana Association of Bankers carried out the operation that led to the arrest of the suspects earlier this month.

They were arrested while attempting to illegally withdraw an amount of GH¢2.1 million from the accounts of some customers of an indigenous bank.

“Investigations revealed that, the accused persons sought the assistance of an official of the Bank to provide them with bank account details to assist them withdraw funds from customers’ accounts. Additionally, they requested for phone numbers and bank account details of customers with huge balances,” EOCO said in a statement.

“The accused persons then allegedly connived with an MTN staff who managed to clone three phone numbers with the intention of stealing from the bank’s customers. The sums of GH¢850,000, GH¢680,000 and GHc50,000 belonging to 3 customers were targeted. The accused persons set up a mobile application with the cloned SIMs to withdraw the funds from the customers’ bank accounts. It was in their attempt that the accused persons were arrested,” the statement added.

A second hearing of the case is scheduled for May 17, 2022.

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