Dorcas Amankwa aka Twene Amankwa Dorcas, 28 and a nurse, has been granted bail in the sum of GH¢90,000 with three sureties by an Accra Circuit Court for her alleged involvement in using the Office of the President to scam people.

Dorcas has, therefore, been charged with four counts of defrauding by false pretences but pleaded not guilty to all.
But, the Circuit Court ‘3’ presided over by Mrs Susana Eduful yesterday ordered  Dorcas to report to the police once every week.

The court was told by the prosecuting officer Chief Inspector Isaac Anquandah that Dorcas allegedly lured the complainants in the case that she can use her contact at the Office of the President to find jobs for them.

Thus, she will influence the recruitment of the complainants into state institutions such as the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Armed Forces, Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Customs Division of GRA. Gh¢3,000 an
According to him, Dorcas after convincing the complainants demanded a fee arranged from Gh¢3,000 to GH¢8,000.  

The prosecuting officer narrated to the court that Dorcas succeeded in collecting close to Gh¢50,000 from her victims but failed to honour her part of the bid. He said Dorcas was alleged to have committed the crime with one Kofi Yeboah Boado who is nowhere to be found.

Brief Facts

The complainants Antwi Boasiako Isaacl (PW1) is the Assembly member of the Asante Bekwai Municipal Assembly, Isaac Wayoe (PW2) is a private security man, Sambia Joseph (PW3) is also a Private Security man and Francisca Akosah (PW4) is a trader. 

Dorcas Amankwa @ Twene Amankwa Dorcas {A]) is a Nurse and a trader. Alex Kofi Yeboah Boadi (A2) now at large is not known. In 2021, the accused person through Ellen Nkrumah informed the complainants that she had a protocol arrangement at the office of the President to recruit young persons into government institutions including the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Armed Forces, Ghana Revenue Authority and Customs Excise and Preventive Services.

The accused indicated to the complainants that they have to pay money ranging between GH¢3,000.00 and GH¢8,000.00 before she could secure the jobs for them. Based on this, Antwi paid various sums of money amounting to GH¢40,000.00 into MTN mobile money number 0591032894 which was given to him by the accused person. 

On January 2, 2021, Isaac who was introduced to the accused person paid an amount of GH¢3,000.00 into her MTN phone number 0591032894 for him to be recruited into the Ghana Police Service. In the same year, the accused person also collected an amount of GH¢3,480.00 from Joseph, under the pretext of recruiting him into the Ghana Armed Forces but failed to do so. 

In February 2021, the accused person again collected an amount of GH¢5,000.00 from Francesca under the pretext of recruiting her into the Ghana Police Service but failed to do so. All efforts to either get the job or their money proved fruitless. 

On June 16, 2022, a report was made to the CID Command and on July 28, 2022, Dorcas was arrested to assist the investigation. In Dorcas’ investigation caution statement, she admitted the offences and mentioned A2 as the one who engaged her to recruit the complainants and that the money, she collected from the complainants was given to A2.

Dorcas, however, failed to show how the money was given to her accomplice. She also failed to lead Police to arrest the said Alex Kofi Yeboah Boadi. Investigation disclosed that the accused persons did not have any capacity to recruit the complainants nor were connected to anyone at the presidency. The search for A2 and investigation are ongoing.