The case involving two persons accused of unlawfully accessing electronic records of the Drivers, Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) on its online portal has been adjourned to August 21, 2024. This adjournment occurred because the Dansoman Circuit Court in Accra, handling the matter, could not sit for the second hearing as the trial judge, Halimah El-Alwa Abdul-Baasit, was sick and therefore absent from court. The two individuals, who remain in police custody, face charges of conspiracy to commit crime, unauthorized access to computer programs or electronic records of the DVLA, and defrauding by false pretences.
Delali Yevu, a 42-year-old software developer, and Sabastian Donne, a 32-year-old heavy-duty machine operator, were arrested for charging some drivers GH¢200 each to authenticate their driver’s licenses instead of the approved GH¢471 set by the authority. Kwaku Torgbo Wise Dziedzorm, a 38-year-old sales and onboarding manager, was also in court for allegedly assisting Yevu and Donne to defraud Francis Kwaku Pinamang and Freeman Moses Ankomah of GH¢200 and GH¢185, respectively. The money was collected by Yevu, who posed as an officer of the DVLA to authenticate Pinamang and Ankomah’s driver’s licenses.
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The accused, who were arrested at the offices of Moove Ghana Limited in Kanda, Accra, pleaded not guilty to their respective charges. At the first hearing, the court turned down bail applications from the lawyers of the accused, although the trio were on police inquiry bail. The court directed the prosecution to expedite investigations and furnish it with disclosures and witness statements, and adjourned to July 24 for a Case Management Conference. Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Christopher Wonder, said.
