THE Western Regional Police Command has arrested a former employee of the Takoradi Branch of Ecobank who bolted with GH¢43,OOO he collected from two of the bank's customers but failed to deposit it in their accounts. After his arrest at a hideout in Ashaiman, near Tema, the suspect, Prosper Amedior, admitted stealing the money. Amedior told the police that he used the money to purchase three vehicles including two saloon cars for use as taxis and one cross-country vehicle. He said he also used part of it to acquire land for farming, for which he had purchased some farm inputs. The suspect was a retail officer for cash mobilisation within Takoradi but last month he bolted with the amount collected from two of the customers he visited. According to the police, on the day in question, the accused visited several customers, including some dealers in MTN prepaid cards, and collected various sums of money to be deposited in their accounts. At the end of his duty tour, Amedior returned to the banking hall but refused to deposit the amount in the accounts of the customers he had dealt with that day and was said to have told officials that there had been a power outage on the premises of the customers and so there had been no transaction with them. The police said Amedior failed to report for work the next day and when his house was visited by the bank's officials, it was discovered that he had vacated his rented abode. That prompted an immediate auditing of his transactions, during which it was discovered that Amedior had failed to deposit GH¢38,450 he had collected from V-Mobile and GH¢4,520 from another customer, making it a total of GH¢42,970. His conduct was then reported to the police, who sought him until his arrest. The suspect also admitted to the police that the young man in charge of cash at V- Mobile and who had been picked up earlier for questioning was not part of his plan to bolt with the money. The police have, meanwhile, recovered the three vehicles and transported them, together with Amedior, to the Western Regional Police Command. The suspect was arraigned before court and remanded in police custody pending further investigations. Source: Daily Graphic