By Ab.teye
A high-stakes fraud case involving Singaporean businessman Toh You Kang and the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Emmanuel Ashie Moore, has been adjourned by the Dansoman Circuit Court to July 31, 2025.
The adjournment, granted on Wednesday (2 July), is to allow the Attorney General鈥檚 Department time to review the case docket and provide legal guidance before substantive hearings proceed.
Toh You Kang stands accused of defrauding Ashie Moore of $3 million under what prosecutors describe as a 鈥渇alse pretence鈥 scheme. According to court filings, the accused businessman allegedly approached Ashie Moore with a proposal to establish a cable manufacturing business in Ghana 鈥 a venture touted as a promising opportunity to boost local production capacity and create jobs.
On the strength of this proposal, Moore reportedly facilitated a Chinese investment partner who transferred $3 million to Toh to kickstart the project. However, investigators claim the funds never reached Moore as agreed. Instead, Toh allegedly diverted the money, leading to the criminal complaint.
During proceedings, police disclosed that Toh has admitted to receiving the funds but insists they were not meant to be handed over to Moore 鈥 a claim now at the centre of the legal dispute.
The businessman, who has pleaded not guilty, was earlier granted bail by the High Court on 25 June 2025. The bail terms set at GHC10 million include two sureties, one to be justified, as well as a condition that Toh surrenders all travel documents to prevent him from leaving the jurisdiction. His legal team, led by Cephas Boyuo, subsequently withdrew a separate bail application filed at the circuit court, citing the High Court鈥檚 ruling.
On one hand, Toh You Kang, who filed a lawsuit in the Human Rights Division of the High Court in Accra, alleges he contributed a total of $1.5 million to the NDC鈥檚 2024 campaign at Ashie-Moore鈥檚 urging, funding campaign merchandise to support the party鈥檚 24-hour economy agenda. He also accuses Ashie-Moore of arranging access to Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) contracts in exchange for an initial payment of $800,000, a claim the politician has denied.