By William Yaw Owusu
Wednesday, 02 August 2006
An accountant of the Standard Chartered Bank, Dansoman Branch in Accra, who allegedly manipulated the bank’s accounts to steal about ¢5.6 billion is in the grips of the law.
At a circuit court in Accra yesterday, Kofi Attuah-Asante, the accountant, was remanded into police custody until August 15, on a provisional charge of stealing.
The court, presided over by Mr. Samuel Kwame Asiedu, remanded him to enable the police to conduct further investigations into the matter.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Eric Amoako told the court that the head of Financial Risk of the bank detected the anomaly which was traced to Kofi Attuah-Asante within this year.
He was subsequently arrested, the prosecutor told the court.
"The audit exercise is ongoing and we want him to be remanded so that they will be able to come to the bottom of the matter," DSP Amoako told the court.
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