A 28-year-old man, Agyemang Prempeh, has appeared before the Circuit Court at Fiapre, near Sunyani, on a provisional charge of stealing GH¢29,000 belonging to Capital Rural Bank, a private financial institution with branches at Abesim and Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region.
The court, presided over by Mr Owusu Gyamfi, did not take his plea and remanded him into police custody to reappear on Friday, June 13, 2008.
A source close to the court, which disclosed this to the Daily Graphic in Sunyani, said the suspect was employed by the bank about six months ago as Programmes and Appraisal Administrator for both the Abesim and Sunyani branches in charge of disbursing loans to successful applicants.
It alleged that because of Prempeh’s ability in the use of computers, the suspect was able to manipulate the system and single-handedly approved the amount as loans to about 14 people, without receiving any applications.
It said Prempeh then opened new accounts for the loan beneficiaries without the necessary documentation and procedure, as required by the bank, and succeeded in disbursing the amount to those customers.
According to the source, the suspect then attempted to manipulate the entire network of computers so that all the available information would be lost, including the GH¢29,000 self-approved loan.
However, the source said, a staff member of the bank suspected the deal and, therefore, alerted the management which, after a thorough check, detected the deal and subsequently handed Prempeh over to the Sunyani Municipal Police for further investigations.
During investigations, the source alleged that some of the names the suspect gave out as beneficiaries of the loan could not be traced.
It said the police were still conducting investigations into the case, after which the proper charge would be preferred against him.
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