The Accra Circuit Court found Nana Agradaa (Patricia Asiedua) guilty of defrauding by false pretenses and charlatanic advertising, and she was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
According to the court, she deceitfully promoted a televised “money-doubling” plan in 2022, leading members of her church in Weija to turn up substantial sums of money under false pretenses.
Charlatanic advertising and false pretenses are among the charges, which are connected to her public broadcast in which she promised to double money.
A pregnancy test was performed before sentencing as is customary, and since the findings were negative, the judge was able to impose the entire 15-year sentence.
Here are the full reasons why Nana Agradaa received a 15-year prison sentence with hard labour on July 2, 2025:
- Charlatan Advertisement
- She aired a televised broadcast in 2022, claiming she had supernatural powers to double money, using church and social media platforms.
- Promoting during heavily attended all-night church services at her Weija-based ministry (Godsway International Heaven Church), her message encouraged dangerously false hopes of miraculous wealth.
- Defrauding by False Pretences
- Viewers and church-goers were induced to hand over large sums of money, believing it would be doubled—promises that were never fulfilled.
- The court found that she deliberately deceived individuals for personal monetary gain, falling squarely under Ghana’s criminal code against fraud.
- Legal Process and Sentencing
- Found guilty by the Accra Circuit Court presided by Judge Evelyn Asamoah on charges of charlatanic advertisement and defrauding by false pretences.
- Court followed standard procedure for women of reproductive age by ordering a pregnancy test before sentencing.
- Once the test returned negative, the court imposed a 15-year sentence with hard labour.
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The judgment marks a major legal milestone in Ghana’s efforts to crackdown on fraudulent spiritual schemes and reinforces the legal boundaries protecting the public from deceptive religious practices.
