William Keh, an worker of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Dambai, Krachi East Municipality, has allegedly defrauded 1,479 people of GH₵14,790 by means of a faux meter registration scheme.
In April 2024, Keh reportedly misled a number of Meeting members by falsely claiming to have secured meters for registration.
The Meeting members have been instructed to compile lists of residents in want of meters, solely to later uncover that the meters didn’t exist.
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A 3-month investigation by the Ghana Information Company (GNA) revealed that Keh collaborated with six Meeting members from numerous electoral areas, Katanga East, Dormabin North, KpareKpare, Kwame-Akura West, Dambai Zongo, and Dambai Lakeside, to gather GH₵10 from every sufferer underneath the pretense of meter registration.
Unaware of the fraud, the Meeting members facilitated the method of their respective communities.
The investigation discovered that Keh collected funds throughout unofficial gatherings, together with at funeral occasions.
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Notably, he allegedly carried out transactions through the funeral of the late Krachi East Municipal Chief Govt, Bernard Aborkugya Mensah, relatively than on the ECG workplace, elevating suspicions about his motives.
A delegation led by Rockson Okru, Presiding Member of the Krachi East Municipal Meeting, confirmed with ECG administration that the registration train was unauthorized.
Through the probe, Keh admitted wrongdoing in a recorded dialog and sought a decision.
Nonetheless, he averted scheduled conferences, together with one at A.V. Pub, citing issues about being seen by his church members.
A subsequent assembly at Oti Radio in Dambai noticed Keh accepting duty and pleading for 3 months to refund the victims.
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He additionally appealed to the GNA to withhold the story, fearing dismissal attributable to a previous misconduct case in Kpando, Volta Area.
Additional investigations revealed that Keh had beforehand been suspended for 3 years in Kpando for comparable offenses earlier than being reinstated and transferred to Krachi East.
The ECG’s Dambai Municipal Supervisor, Madam Irene Odame, said that the corporate had no official document of Keh’s scheme, leaving the delegation astonished.
