A musician by the name of Christopher Nelson, better known as Mr. Logic, has been charged with allegedly defrauding an American of $21,000 and GH48,000.
Nelson is claimed to have gathered the monies under the guise of getting the American resident an occupant grant in Ghana however fizzled.
The charge of defrauding under false pretenses was refuted by him.
Nelson, addressed by counsel, was confessed to bail of GH¢400,000, with three guarantees, two of whom are community workers procuring at the very least GH¢2,000 and living inside the court’s ward.
Furthermore, the court said the other guarantee will be legitimate with title deed.
Nelson was also ordered to report to the police every two weeks and deposit his passport at the Court’s Registry by the judge, Halimah El-Alawa Abdul Basit.
It additionally guided the indictment to document divulgences and witness explanations for Case The executives.
The arraignment, drove by Boss Auditor Christopher Miracle, prior didn’t go against bail, however implored the court that the bail conditions ought to constrain the denounced individual to show up in court as well as the police forthcoming the last assurance of the matter.
According to the prosecution’s version of the story, the complainant, Khori Edward Lweis, is an American citizen who lives in Pantang, Accra.
The indictment said the blamed individual additionally dwelled at Pantang.
The examiner said in May 2023, the complainant and his family visited Ghana and were acquainted with one Monica Spence, who professed to be under the administration of Mr Rationale’s Music the board.
According to the prosecution, the accused person told the complainant during the conversation that he could pay a fee to get a resident permit so that he could live and work in Ghana.
The court heard that the complainant became intrigued, and that the blamed individual made use and requested and gathered cash in the amount of $21,000 under the affection of getting occupant grant for the complainant and his loved ones.
The arraignment said the charged individual gathered GH¢48,000 again from the complainant for charges payable to the public authority.
The prosecutor told the court that the complainant did his own research and found that the transaction was not legitimate and that the accused person didn’t have to pay for the money.
On May 11, 2024, the complainant revealed the make a difference to the Police and the charged individual was welcomed commonly by the Police by means of his PDA to aid examinations, yet he fizzled.
The arraignment said examinations stretched out to the Ghana Migration Administration showed that the expense of the occupant grant was $1,000 per individual.
The accused was given a summons to appear before the court, according to the prosecutor.
