By: Audrey Raymonda John
Twenty-eight-year-old businesswoman, Yei Mebor, has been remanded at the Female Correctional Facility in Freetown by Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah of Pademba Road Court No. 1 after she was charged with two counts of conspiracy to defraud and causing money to be paid contrary to Section 32(1) of the Larceny Act, 1916.
According to the particulars of the offence, on 17th November 2025 at about 7:25 p.m. in Koidu, Noa Village, Sandor Chiefdom, Kono District, Eastern Province of Sierra Leone, the accused allegedly conspired with other persons unknown and obtained the sum of fifty thousand Leones (Le50,000) from Aiah Kposowa.
The court heard that the money was allegedly obtained under the false pretence that Yei Mebor would facilitate an overseas travel programme for Aiah Kposowa’s daughter, Sia Kposowa, to the United Kingdom, knowing the claim to be false.
The second count further alleges that on the same date and location, the accused fraudulently caused Aiah Kposowa of Koidu, Noa Village, Sandor Chiefdom, Kono District, to pay the sum of fifty thousand Leones (Le50,000) to Madisson of Lungi Town, with the same representation of facilitating an overseas travel programme for Sia Kposowa to the United Kingdom.
When the charges were read and explained to the accused, no plea was taken as the matter is before the court as a committal proceeding.
Prosecutor Inspector Kadie M. Taylor informed the court that she had served the accused with copies of the case file and inquiry documents. The accused acknowledged receipt of the documents.
Magistrate Mustapha Brima Jah subsequently refused bail, citing the seriousness of the alleged offences, and remanded the accused to the Female Correctional Facility in Freetown.
The matter has been adjourned to 20th July 2026.