A 32-year-old cashier accused of stealing her employer’s cash amount of GHC5,478,338 has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court.
Ayisha Iddrisu is alleged to have stolen the money between September 2018 and July 2025, which she used to buy landed properties at Kasoa-Nyanyanor, Amasaman Obeyeyie, Amasaman Obuom and Awutu Senya.
Ayisha, also allegedly, purchased two vehicles, three mobile phones and two iPhones and made various mobile money transfers on other phone numbers registered in her name.
Charged with stealing, Ayisha has pleaded not guilty.
The court, presided over by Mrs Susana Eduful, has admitted Ayisha to bail in the sum of GHC200,000 with two sureties.
The sureties are to be public servants earning not exceeding GHC5,000.
Additionally, the court ordered the accused person to report to the police every Monday.
Chief Inspector Ebenezer Teye Okuffo, who held the brief of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Kofi Anane, said the complainant was Yahya Kassim Atta, the Chief Executive Officer of KAS Estate Ghana Limited, Tesano.
Ayisha had worked for the company for eight years and overseen its MTN Mobile Money (Momo) account from 2017 until July 31, 2025, prosecution said.
It said Ayisha’s responsibility included the transfer of funds deposited on the Momo account by clients to the company’s account with the GCB Bank Limited.
She was, therefore, the only person who had the company’s Momo pin.
Prosecution said in August 2025, management transferred Ayisha from Tesano to Amasaman and asked her to hand over the company’s items in her custody to management before proceeding with her transfer.
Her hesitation to proceed with the transfer led the company to request its statement of account with MTN Momo, from September 1, 2018, to July 1, 2025, prosecution said.
A detailed study of the accounts revealed that Ayisha had transferred various sums of money from the company’s Momo Account to her three personal Momo wallets, amounting to GHCGHC5,406,118.
She also transferred GHC72,220 to six different Momo accounts, bringing the total sum to GHC5,478,338.
Prosecution said after a report was made to the police, Ayisha, on August 12, 2025, admitted having stolen the money, part of which she used to acquire landed property in Kasoa-Nyanyanor, Amasaman-Obeyeyie and buom and Awutu-Senya.
She also bought a Toyota Yaris and a Toyota CH-R vehicle.
So far, the Toyota CH-R vehicle had been retrieved with three mobile phones, including two iPhones with Momo balance of GHC2,848, 207 and GHC938,944 in different accounts, the prosecution said.
The court also heard that Ayisha had accounts with GCB Bank, ECOBANK Ghana Limited and Fidelity Bank Limited with various sums of money.
Prosecution said the police were making frantic efforts to trace all assets acquired.
Ayisha is expected to reappear on September 24, 2025.
