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Officer of Christian Community Microfinance embezzles GH¢14,816

Officer of Christian Community Microfinance embezzles GH¢14,816

A relations officer of the Christian Community Microfinance Limited (CCML) is standing trial for allegedly embezzling GH¢14,816.00 belonging to customers of the company.

The accused, John Asamoah Kyeremanteng, 30, was said to have stolen the money after he failed to record the clients’ deposits in the company's books.

Kyeremanteng, was arraigned last Thursday.

The Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Mrs Afia Adu-Amankwaah, admitted him to bail in the sum of GH¢15,000 with one surety.

Facts

The Prosecutor, Chief Inspector Felix Akowuah, told the court that the accused was stationed at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) branch of the company and was resident at Dichemso.

He said somewhere in July, this year, the risk supervisor of the branch detected that the accused had embezzled customers’ deposits amounting to GH¢5,176 and wrote to inform the head of the audit department in Accra.

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