Jessica
Oforiwaa
who
is
a
caterer
and
a
hairdresser
has
been
sentenced
to
five
(5)
years
imprisonment
for
withdrawing
an
amount
of
Ghc81
from
a
GCB
account
of
a
customer.
According
to
the
facts
of
the
case,
Oforiwaa
used
a
clone
chequebook
of
the
customer
to
withdraw
an
amount
of
Ghc81,060
from
the
customer’s
GCB
account.
It
continued
until
sometime
in
2023
when
the
bank
noticed
that
there
were
eight
cloned
cheques
in
their
possession
which
had
been
used
to
withdraw
money
from
the
bank.
The
prosecution
had
stated
that
after
the
bank
noticed
the
irregular
withdrawals,
Daniel
Boakye,
a
Security
Coordinator
at
GCB
Bank
Ghana
Limited,
High
Street,
Accra
and
the
complainant
submitted
the
cloned
cheques
to
Camelot
Company
Limited,
the
cheques’
producers
for
investigation.
Camelot
had
verified
that
the
cloned
cheques
were
from
a
chequebook
issued
to
Oforiwa’s
account,
Jesnat
Cook
Company.
It
further
stated
that
Camelot
established
that
Oforiwa
and
her
accomplices
had
chemically
erased
the
account
details
and
signatures
of
the
original
signatories
to
make
the
cheques
appear
genuine
to
the
bank.
Further
investigations
revealed
that
Oforiwa’s
accomplices
had
withdrawn
significant
amounts
of
money
from
various
accounts.