A purchasing clerk of a cold store in Takoradi who allegedly used GH¢140,000 belonging to his employer to stake lotto has been arrested by the Western Regional Police. Although the suspect, Moses Amoah, won GH¢30,000 from the gamble, the "banker to banker" operator he staked from has disappeared after realising that he could not pay the prize money. According to the police, the suspect used about GH¢20,000 of his employer's money meant for suppliers to stake lotto every week until his alleged activity was detected. Amoah was responsible for making payments to suppliers of the cold store in Tema and was instructed to cash cheques for the payments because the' suppliers were unwilling to accept cheques.' According to the police, Amoah cashed ' the cheques but did not make the payments to the suppliers.' Investigations conducted by the police revealed that all the monies paid through the suspect had not reflected in the accounts of his employers. The police said anytime Amoah returned from Tema, he would 'complain of sickness and immediately leave for home. When his employers asked him for the receipts, he often promised to file the receipts later when he came to the office. Later the employers became became suspicious and asked the suppliers why they were not issuing receipts to cover payments and new consignments. It was then that the management of the cold store realised how much money had been given to Amoah to make payments for which no receipts had been issued. The employers then reported the matter to the police, leading to his arrest. Source: Daily Graphic