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A businessman standing trial over a fraudulent land transaction has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court, presided over by Mr Emmanuel Amo-Yartey. Kwadwo Baah alias �Wofa K�, 48, had sold a building plot at Mamponteng in the Kwabre East District to Mr. Charles Kofi Nti, an engineer, for GH�24,000.00 but trouble began when he (Nti) moved to develop it. It was realized that the plot had been re-sold to another person. The convict promised to return the money paid to him by Mr. Nti but reneged and a formal report was made to the police leading to his arrest. Baah pleaded guilty to the fraudulent transaction. Police Chief Inspector Sylvanus D�Almeida told the court that the offence was committed in year 2011.