An Accra Circuit Court has remanded Nana Agradaa, born Patricia Asiedua, Founder of the Heaven Way Church in Accra.
She was arrested for scamming some people on a money-doubling scheme in her church following an advert she run on the media to give people money.
She has been put into police custody to continue assisting with investigation.
Meanwhile, she has been charged with defrauding by false pretence.
“Anyone who is a victim of the alleged money doubling scam should report to the Accra Regional Police Command for further action to assist the investigation,” the Police said in a statement on Sunday October 8.
Meanwhile, Nana Agradaa has denied defrauding members of her church.
In an online viral video following the incident, she said:
“I announced to Ghanaians that I was going to give out cash to members of my church to invest in their businesses and that anyone who needed cash support should come. If you aren’t a church member, the first thing to do in order to benefit from this gesture is to register to officially join us.
“I did the all night event and distributed the money to members of my church and so if you only registered that day and couldn’t get a share of the cash, that cannot be fraud, I have not offended you in any way.
“In every church we have offertory, I am the only one who does this on camera. This was a fundraising exercise which I announced to everyone that it was starting from 1000 Cedis to Coins,” she said in a recorded video which has gone viral on social media.
She added “Everybody in Ghana knows that people are plotting my downfall, they want to destroy my ministry, there were demonstrations against me when I was being ordained, people even accused me of burying my own child to grow the church but God is with me.”
She is to reappear in court on October 13.
