A 33-year-old
outsourced worker of Stanbic Bank Ghana has been declared wanted by the
Ghana Police Service for allegedly defrauding scores of customers of the bank
of more than GH¢900,000.
The
suspect, Martha Amakye, who is said to be an outsourced worker from Noswall
Management Service, a recruitment agency, absconded after the Financial Crime
Control Unit of the bank found out she was involved in some fraudulent
transactions.Amakye, a personal
solution consultant or sales officer at the Tema Community One branch of
Stanbic Bank, is said to have collected various sums of money from customers of
the bank between 2015 and 2016 on the pretext of investing it in fixed
deposits.
She is alleged to have
promised the customers interest rate of between 18 and 20 per cent per month.
According to sources,
Amakye, without the consent of the management of the bank, contacted the
victims and many other customers and lured them with the high interest rate on
their investment.
Investigations
Preliminary
investigations conducted by the Commercial Crime Unit of the Criminal
Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service and the Financial Crime
Control Unit of the bank, according to the sources, had revealed that most of
the victims paid their funds meant for the investment to Amakye in the banking
hall, while others gave the money to her outside the bank.
After collecting the
money, Amakye is said to have issued the victims with copies of suspected fake
deposit slips.
At a point, the
sources said, she allegedly paid what she claimed to be interest accrued from
the fixed deposit investment to some of the initial investors but retained the
principal amounts, with the explanation that the amount would be reinvested.
Subsequently, more
customers from other branches of the bank trooped to the Tema Community One
branch of the bank on hearing about the juicy package.
The sources said the
bank had so far received a number of complaints from victims whose money had
been collected by Amakye.
Amakye’s pictures have
been posted on Stanbic Bank’s Facebook timeline, with a message that urged
anyone with information on her whereabouts to call the police.
Customers have also
been encouraged to always make payments directly to tellers and demand receipts
or stamped payment slips for all payments.
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