Accountant Jailed For Embezzling GH₵40K Ghana Police Church Money
An Adentan Circuit Court has sentenced a 32-year-old accountant, Edward Unicorn, to two years in prison for dishonestly appropriating GHS 40,433.50 from the Ghana Police Church.
Unicorn, who was charged with stealing, pled guilty with an explanation, stating:
“I spent the money by playing Aviator (an online betting game). I staked it and never won. I was desperate to win but lost. I was addicted to Aviator, so my brother referred me to a doctor at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. I called him twice and I never went to see him. I put in the GHS 40,000.00 bit by bit. I was desperate to win.”
The court, presided over by Mrs. Sedinam Awo Kwadam, convicted Unicorn on his own plea and directed him to pay GHS 5,000.00 and return GHS 2,775.00 retrieved from him to the Ghana Police Church.
According to the prosecution, led by Chief Inspector Anim Darko, Unicorn worked as the church’s accountant, and the complainant is a police officer and the chaplain of the church.
