Unemployed man charged for stealing GH¢50,168 worth of Vodafone data

A 26-year-old unemployed man, Anthony Ansah Kanlonga, has been arraigned before the Dansoman Circuit Court for allegedly misappropriating 41.5 terabytes of data and unlimited bundles valued at GH¢50,168.00 – belonging to Vodafone Ghana Limited.

Anthony Kanlonga, who has been charged with stealing under Section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), pleaded not guilty and was granted bail set at GH¢70,000 with three sureties.

Two of the sureties must be Public Servants earning at least GH¢3,000 while one must be justified. The court also ordered him to report to the police every two weeks and deposit his Ghana Card at the court’s registry.

The accused has so far made three appearances before the court, presided over by Her Honour Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit, since November 13, 2025.

Prosecution’s Case

Chief Inspector Christopher Wonder, assisted by Chief Inspector Kwadwo Aboagye, presented the facts of the case to the court.

According to the prosecution, the complainant, John Kyeremeh, a former Fixed Business Development Manager at Vodafone Ghana Limited, Accra North branch, engaged Kanlonga as a Back-Office Assistant to help manage Vodafone’s Regular Customers data subscriptions.

Kyeremeh entrusted Kanlonga with access to his official credentials, including his UNIK account, password and a company-assigned laptop.

However, between July 2021 and March 2022, Kanlonga allegedly abused this access by fraudulently enrolling unqualified customers onto Vodafone’s VF-Protocol 200, VF-Protocol Plan and VFGH-Staff Packages, which were meant exclusively for protocol customers.

Instead of remitting the proceeds into Vodafone’s accounts, the accused allegedly diverted the funds into his two Vodafone Cash accounts with phone numbers 0209500101 and 0200000669.

The fraudulent activities came to light in March 2022, following an internal audit by Vodafone Ghana, which detected irregularities linked to Kyeremeh’s credentials.

Upon his arrest on April 5, 2022 Kanlonga reportedly admitted to the offense. Investigators later traced a total of GH¢13,372.55 in his Vodafone Cash accounts – GH¢6,141.55 in one and GH¢7,231.00 in the other.

Following the completion of investigations, Kanlonga was formally charged and brought before the court.

The case is expected to continue as the prosecution presents its evidence against the accused.

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