A 33-year-old scrap dealer from Yendi, Alhassan Nurudeen, has been slapped with a 10-year jail term for the offense of defrauding by false pretense.

According to the statement of offense, in June 2023, Nurudeen defrauded Tahidu Iddrisu of over GHC16,000.

The statement outlines that the complainant encountered Nurudeen at a welding shop in Yendi, where the latter expressed interest in purchasing a tipper truck.

Nurudeen successfully convinced the complainant that his father owned a garage with tipper trucks and assured him that he would arrange for the sale.

Subsequently, he provided a contact purported to be the complainant's father, instructing the complainant to pay money to Nurudeen. A total of GHC600,000 was transferred via mobile money to the accused.

However, Nurudeen failed to deliver the promised tipper truck, leading to the case being reported to the Yendi police. In his cautioned statement, Nurudeen admitted to taking money from the complainant but claimed that the father, who supposedly traveled abroad, could not be reached on his mobile phone.

The judge, H/H Justice Francis Ayamwuni Asobayire, convicted Nurudeen on his plea and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment.