08
Jan
A 23-year-old small-scale miner, who tricked two mobile money vendors and received a cash sum of GH¢8,000 payments through an electronic medium falsely, has been fined GH¢12,000 or in default, six years imprisonment by the Tarkwa Circuit Court. Charged with four counts of receiving payments through electronic medium falsely, Ahmed Abdul Rahaman, pleaded guilty with explanation. The court, presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu, noted that Rahaman’s explanation confirmed his plea of guilty, and therefore, convicted him on his own plea. In addition, the court ordered Rahaman to refund the GH¢8,000 belonging to the two mobile money vendors. Prosecuting…