The blogger and IT expert published an alleged false news that sent dollar account holders rushing to withdraw their savings
The Accra Circuit Court has granted GHC20,000 bail with two sureties each to a blogger and an Information Technology (IT) professional for an alleged false publication that caused panic bank withdrawals from dollar account holders.
This followed the arrest of the accused by the police after they investigated a report from the Bank of Ghana alerting them to the publication, which according to the BoG had caused fear and alarm to the public and resulted in panic withdrawals at the banks.
Jeffrey EppirimNyame, the blogger has been charged with publication of false news while Jeremiah KobinaEgyebeng, the I.T Professional, his alleged accomplice faces the charge of abetment. Both have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The court presided over by Rosemary Baah Torsu fixed the next hearing for 29 December 2022 in which period the prosecution is expected to file all disclosures.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector, Richard Amoah told the court police gathered cyber intelligence on social media indicating that on October 27, 2022, Nyame published an article on his news portal called reportghana.net captioned, “Dollar account holders to get cedi at BOG rate for bank withdrawals effective 31st Oct?” and shared same on various WhatsApp groups and social media platforms causing fear and panic among the general public.
During investigations, Chief Insp Amoah said it was established that Egyebeng initially created the news portal for Nyame called reportghana.com in the year 2019 which was used for the publication of similar articles but was closed down by Google for violating their community standard due to complaints received from users.
“However, Egyebeng again created a similar news portal but this time changed the domain from “dot com” to “dot net” and registered it as reportghana.net on February 11, 2022 to be able to use same for publication of articles and happenings in Ghana.
“After publishing the said false news, Nyame then shared the publication on WhatsApp group platforms including “reportghana news feed 1,” “reportghana news feed 2,” “reportghana news feed 3″ with over 160 active members where he was the administrator with his personal telephone numbers 0551993013 and 0574144388 registered on the platform,” he told the court adding that the news was still circulating on social media.
Chief Insp Amoah said Nyame admitted to publishing the alleged false news but stated that he got the article from mynewsgh.com but investigation established otherwise and confirmed Nyame as the author and publisher.
Chief Insp Amoah said Egyebeng admitted to the creation of the news portal managed and used by Nyame.
He added that further investigation uncovered the involvement of other persons involved in the publication who were currently at large and efforts underway to arrest them.
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