The Energy Ministry’s Secretary Detained After Stealing GHC 287,775 From ADB Bank ATMs (Details)

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-medium-font-size"><strong>Regina Abanga&comma; a secretary at the Energy Ministry and member of the Ghanaian public service&comma; was detained after being <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;floyd-mayweathers-ex-gf-accuses-stealing-3m">accused of stealing <&sol;a>more than Ghc 287&comma;775 from the ADB Bank&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to reports&comma; Regina Abanga broke into the bank&&num;8217&semi;s ATM network and took massive cash withdrawals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>She was detained after her offenses were revealed&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;naira-marley-zlatan-ibile-charged-court-efcc">charged in court<&sol;a>&comma; and given bail in the amount of GH250&comma;000 with three sureties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;Regina-Abanga&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"Regina Abanga" class&equals;"wp-image-182491" width&equals;"508" height&equals;"609"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Regina Abanga&comma; a single mother&comma; is accused by the prosecution of manipulating ADB ATMs throughout the Accra metropolitan between November 2022 and June 2023 to withdraw GH287&comma;775&period;47 that belonged to the bank&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to the prosecution&comma; on June 15&comma; 2023&comma; Regina made an unusual withdrawal&comma; which led Solomon Inkoom of the ADB&&num;8217&semi;s Labone branch to report it to the bank&comma; which led to the discovery of the stolen funds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Regina&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;occupygh&period;com&sol;woman-abuses-maid-over-atm-card">ATM card<&sol;a> was blocked to stop further withdrawals when he reported it to the bank&&num;8217&semi;s officials&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When the accused attempted to withdraw cash from an ATM at ADB&&num;8217&semi;s Ridge branch in Accra on June 16&comma; 2023&comma; at 1700 hours&comma; her card was confiscated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>When Regina proceeded to the banking area to inform management of the event&comma; the bank&&num;8217&semi;s risk team detained her and turned her over to the Ministries Police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Regina confessed to the crime when being questioned&comma; saying she used the funds to finance a three-story building as well as buy a Toyota Vitz with the license plate GE-3545-21&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

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