The Sales and Marketing Manager of DPS Industries Limited has been dragged to the Dansoman Circuit Court for allegedly investing the company’s GH¢491,000 in casino and online sports betting. 

According to court documents, Depak Sonar, who had been accused of dishonestly appropriating GH¢681,000 from the company used the GH¢491,000 for the investment while using the remaining GH¢190,000 to settle personal debts.

Sonar has, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing when he appeared before the court presided over by Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit yesterday.  

Counsel for the accused, Osman Muhaideen, prayed to the court to grant his client bail.

The accused was subsequently admitted to bail in the sum of GH¢700,000 with three sureties (to be justified) and earning not less than GH¢5,000.

Per the bail conditions, all the sureties must be public servants residing within the jurisdiction. 

The court has also ordered Sonar to deposit his passport at the court’s registry and report to the police once every two weeks.

The case has been adjourned to April 23, 2025, awaiting the advice of the Attorney-General. 

According to the facts of the case, in January 2024, the company employed the accused person to work as the sales/marketing executive.

The prosecution said the duties of the accused person included supplying the company's products to various interested customers within the country and giving accounts of the proceeds to the company after sales.

The accused person continued to work with the company during this period without any hindrances or mischief until recently when the company started recording certain discrepancies in his account submission.

On January 10, 2025, the prosecution said the company invited the accused person to render accounts of some products that he supplied to some customers.

According to the prosecution, in the course of the auditing, the company detected that the accused person had misappropriated funds to the tune of GH¢681,000, which is proceeds generated from the sales of the products meant for the company.

On January 11, 2025, the complainant reported the matter to the Police leading to the arrest of the accused person.

During investigations, the prosecution said the accused person admitted the offence in his caution statement and pleaded to be given some time to refund the amount involved.

“Investigation revealed that the accused person used GH¢190,000 of the funds to settle his personal debts.

“The accused further invested the remaining GH¢491,000 in casino and online sports betting,” the prosecutor told the court.