A 26-year-old unemployed man, Anthony Ansah Kanlonga, has been granted GH¢70,000 bail by the Dansoman Circuit Court after being charged with stealing 41.5 terabytes of data and unlimited bundles worth GH¢50,168.00 from Vodafone Ghana Limited.
Presided over by Her Honour Halimah El-Alawa Abdul-Baasit, the court set strict bail conditions: three sureties, two of whom must be public servants earning at least GH¢3,000, with one being justified.
Kanlonga must also deposit his Ghana Card at the court’s registry and report to the police every two weeks.
Background of case
According to Chief Inspector Christopher Wonder, assisted by Chief Inspector Kwadwo Aboagye, the accused was engaged as a Back-Office Assistant by the complainant, John Kyeremeh, then a Fixed Business Development Manager at Vodafone Ghana’s Accra North branch.
Kyeremeh granted Kanlonga access to his official credentials, including his UNIK account, password, and company laptop.
Between July 2021 and March 2022, Kanlonga abused this access, fraudulently enrolling unqualified customers onto Vodafone’s VF-Protocol 200, VF-Protocol Plan, and VFGH-Staff Packages, which were reserved for protocol customers.
Instead of remitting the proceeds to Vodafone, Kanlonga allegedly diverted the funds into his two Vodafone Cash accounts linked to phone numbers 0209500101 and 0200000669.
Vodafone Ghana detected the fraud in March 2022, during an internal audit that flagged irregularities linked to Kyeremeh’s credentials.
Kanlonga was arrested on April 5, 2022 and reportedly admitted to the offense. Investigators later traced GH¢13,372.55 in his Vodafone Cash accounts—GH¢6,141.55 in one and GH¢7,231.00 in the other.
Following investigations, he was formally charged with stealing under Section 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) and has since made three court appearances since November 13, 2025.
The case continues as the prosecution presents its evidence.
