A Circuit Court in the Kumasi Metropolis has convicted an illegal MultiChoice Ghana decoder dealer after the company reported him to the police for selling Nigerian decoders in the region.
The convicted person, Emmanuel Addae, was raided and arrested in Kumasi in 2019 following a tip-off.
He was convicted on Friday, August 19, 2022, and sentenced to pay Gh¢12,000 or in default, to serve one year in prison. He could not pay the fine immediately and thus has been processed to serve his term in prison.
According to Alex Okyere, Managing Director, MultiChoice Ghana, “the activities of such persons on the market contravene the Electronic Communications Act and a number of importation and tax laws in Ghana.”
He explains MultiChoice Ghana is the only company in Ghana with the special license to import and distribute DStv decoders across the country.
He added, “MultiChoice Ghana has been working with the Ghana Police Service and other security agencies to track and raid persons involved in selling MultiChoice Nigeria decoders on the Ghanaian market highlighting there are a number of such cases under investigation and awaiting trial.” More raids of such nature will be carried out in the near future, he concluded.
