An Accra Circuit Court has convicted an Indian national and former company manager after he admitted possessing large quantities of fake foreign and local currencies belonging to his employer.
The accused, Shubham Sharma, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on two counts of possessing forged currency when he appeared before the court presided over by Joseph Yennuban Kunsong.
The court has remanded Sharma into police custody and ordered him to reappear on March 12 for sentencing.
Prosecuting the case, Chief Inspector Wisdom Alorwu told the court that all exhibits relating to the case had been presented to support the prosecution’s claims.
According to the facts of the case, the complainant, whose name was withheld, is the chief executive officer of a company involved in manufacturing air fresheners and resides at North Ridge.
Sharma, who lived at Kokomlemle, previously worked as the company’s manager and was responsible for receiving and keeping cash for the business located at Adabraka.
Investigations revealed that while the complainant was away in India, Sharma allegedly broke into his employer’s safe and replaced an unspecified amount of dollars with fake $100 notes.
Further investigations at the company uncovered that he had also replaced genuine Ghana cedi notes with counterfeit GH¢200 notes amounting to GH¢1,967,600 and fake $191,900.
The counterfeit currencies were later examined and confirmed as fake by the Bank of Ghana.
The case came to light on June 16, 2025, when officers from the Ghana Police Service responded to a distress call about a suspected armed robber who had been apprehended near the German Embassy Visa Section in North Ridge.
Police subsequently re-arrested Sharma and investigations led to the discovery of the fake currencies.
Prosecutors told the court that the accused admitted to keeping the fake notes in the office during investigations.
