A Ghanaian civil servant, Regina Abanga who serves as a secretary at the Energy Ministry has been arrested for stealing over Ghc 287,775 from ADB Bank.
Abanga reportedly hacked several ATMs of the bank and managed to withdraw large sums of money.
After her crimes were discovered, she was arrested and arraigned for court where she was granted bail in the sum of GH¢250,000 with three sureties.
According to the prosecution, Regina, a mother of one, manipulated some ADB ATM machines across the Accra metropolis and withdrew GH¢287,775.47 belonging to bank between November 2022 and June 2023.
The prosecution said that on June 15, 2023, the bank detected the stolen money when one Solomon Inkoom of the ADB’s Labone branch reported an unusual withdrawal by Regina.
He reported it to bank authorities and Regina’s ATM card was barred to prevent further withdrawals.
On June 16, 2023, at 1700 hours, the accused went to ADB’s Ridge branch in Accra to get money from an ATM, and her card was seized.
Regina then went to the banking hall to report the incident to management, and she was arrested by the bank’s Risk Team and handed over to the Ministries Police.
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During interrogation, Regina agreed to committing the offence and claimed that she used the money to purchase a Toyota Vitz with registration number GE-3545-21 as well as finance a three-story building.
Source: GhanaCelebrities.Com