A 31-year-old banker with Access Bank Ghana, Lawrene Avorsey, has been arrested for allegedly siphoning GHS 164,000 from the bank through fraudulent transaction reversals.
Investigators say Avorsey manipulated the bank’s system to channel funds into accounts reportedly opened in the names of Rifa Kaledzi and Richard Mawuli Torsu. He is alleged to have reversed GHS 75,631.55 into Kaledzi’s account and GHS 72,184.14 into Torsu’s. An additional GHS 16,636.45 was allegedly credited to the account of Abigail Adjie Dzanie.
The fraudulent activity reportedly came to light during Access Bank’s General Ledger (GL) reconciliations in December 2024. An internal probe was subsequently launched, during which Avorsey allegedly went on medical leave and later attempted to resign — a resignation the bank did not approve.
When he stopped reporting to work, management intensified its checks, eventually uncovering the missing funds on December 18, 2024.
Avorsey has since been arrested and put before the court, while his alleged accomplices — Kaledzi, Dzanie, and Torsu — remain at large.
Source – My News Ghana
