Court fines trader GH¢12,000 for selling counterfeit Amuzu Bitters
The Asokwa Circuit Court Two has fined a trader GH¢12,000.00 for dealing in counterfeit Amuzu Bitters and forging trademarks.
On February 4, 2026, a trader named Jeanice Mensah, aged 53, was fined GH¢12,000 by the Asokwa Circuit Court Two for dealing in counterfeit Amuzu Bitters and forging trademarks. Jeanice pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to a fine of 1,000 penalty units, equivalent to GH¢12,000. In case of non-payment, she would serve two months in hard labor.
She was also fined 1,000 penalty units for forging trademarks, with a two-month hard labor sentence if not paid. The court ordered the sentences to run concurrently. Assistant Superintendent of Police Stephen Ofori presented the facts, stating that the complainant, Prince Nkansah, Operations Manager of Amuzu Bitters Company, and Mensah, a trader from Asawasi in Kumasi, had a history of her selling counterfeit products.
On February 4, 2026, the complainant and another company staff member visited Mensah's shop in Ashtown and found boxes of suspected counterfeit Amuzu Bitters. Police arrested Mensah, who was found to have 45 cartons of counterfeit Amuzu Bitters with forged tax stamps and trademark labels. Tests confirmed that the products were counterfeit. Mensah admitted to owning the products but could not provide information to help arrest her source.
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