The High Court in Accra has granted bail to five people charged with allegedly defrauding unsuspecting Ghanaians using the names of high-profile personalities on TikTok, including Lordina Mahama, and receiving over GHC 500,000 from their victims.
Each of the five was granted bail in the sum of GHC 600,000 with two sureties to be justified, pegging the combined bail sum at GHc3 million.
Additionally, the High Court, presided over by Justice Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit, has directed them to report to the police weekly until the final determination of the case.
Aside from Madam Lordina Mahama, other high-profile personalities they are alleged to have falsely represented include Ibrahim Mahama, John Dumelo, Asamoah Gyan, and Twum Barima, by creating and operating multiple fake social media accounts in their names.
Their modus operandi was to lure victims into believing that, by downloading an application known as ‘Trust Wallet’, any amount paid would result in the person receiving larger sums of money credited to their wallet, including foreign currencies such as dollars — an act that was false.
The juvenile (name withheld), Ahmed Mensah, 24; Ebenezer Ato Mensah, 25; and Bernard Mensah, 30, have been charged with defrauding by false pretence contrary to Section 131 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, Act 29.
Blessed Sam, 22, denied the charge of obtaining an electronic payment medium falsely, contrary to Section 119 of the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008 (Act 772).
Brief facts
Per the brief facts of the case, the complainant is the Chana Police Service while the first accused person,18, (name withheld), because the Court was unsure of his age.
The second to fifth Accused persons are – Ahmed Mensah, (A2), Ebenezer Ato Mensah, (A3),, Bernard Mensah, (A4), and Blessed Sam (A5)- are all unemployed persons residing at Ayensudo in the Central Region of Ghana.
The Prosecution said, investigations revealed that since, 2024, the accused persons, acting in concert and with a common purpose, engaged in a fraudulent scheme on ‘TikTok’ and other electronic platforms.
Through this action, they deliberately and falsely personated high-profile Ghanaian personalities, including Lordina Mahama, Ibrahim Mahama, John Dumelo, Asamoah Gyan, and Hon. Twum Barima, by creating and operating multiple fake social media accounts.
Some of these accounts are – @ibrahimmahama094, @mr.twum.barima02, @asamoah.gyan091, @lordina.mahama78, @ibrahimmahama880, @lordinamahama60, @johndumelo93, @ibrahimmrmahamas, and @asamoahgyan 720, among others.
The Prosecution said, furtherance to their criminal enterprise, the accused persons created and used fraudulent email accounts including twumbarimapaulapreku@gmail.com, btwum228@gmail.com, lordinamahall@gmail.com, and mrmahamaibrahim@gmail.com, to enhance the credibility of their impersonation and facilitate communication with unsuspecting victims.
It said, the accused persons, through these false representations, lured members of the public with promises of lucrative financial rewards and deceitfully induced them to download an application known as Trust Wallet, under the pretext that funds in foreign currency (United States Dollars) would be credited to them.
“The victims were further instructed to pay various sums of money to the accused persons in order to receive activation codes or access to the purported funds.
“Investigations established that the accused persons successfully defrauded several victims of an amount exceeding Five Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC500,000.00), which monies were transferred into mobile money accounts under their control,” the brief facts stated.
The accused persons subsequently dishonestly appropriated the proceeds of their criminal activities for personal gain, including the construction of a house, and the purchase of a motor vehicle, a motorbike, and several mobile phones.
On March 31, 2026, the accused persons were arrested and in their respective cautioned statements, they admitted to creating the said fraudulent accounts and collecting monies from unsuspecting members of the public under false pretences. Investigation still on going.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
