Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Weija, Accra, Ghana · 2025

Ghana: evangelist sentenced for defrauding congregants with a claimed spiritual money-doubling ritual

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Appellate history

The Amasaman High Court reduced the 15-year sentence to 12 months on appeal in 2026; the underlying conviction on three counts of defrauding by false pretences was not overturned.

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

founder and leader, Heaven Way Champion International Ministry

Organization

Heaven Way Champion International Ministry

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Agradaa, a former traditional priestess turned church founder, invoked claimed spiritual power over money itself to induce her own congregants at an all-night service to hand over cash for 'doubling' — a ritual authority claim made from the pulpit of her own ministry to the people gathered under it, not a general advertisement to strangers.

Prosperity, divination, or curse-removal claim

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Proceedings

2025-07-18 · trial and sentencing

Circuit Court, Accra, Ghana. Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, known as Nana Agradaa, founder of Heaven Way Champion International Ministry, was convicted on three counts of defrauding by false pretence and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment with hard labour.
2026-01-01 · sentence appeal

Amasaman High Court, Ghana. The High Court reduced the 15-year sentence to 12 months; the underlying convictions were not disturbed.

Documented coercion mechanisms

claimed spiritual power to double money offered in an all-night church service
prior standing as a traditional priestess turned evangelist, invoked to lend credibility to the ritual claim

Cited record

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national press sentencing report Citi Newsroom, 'Agradaa jailed 15 years for money doubling scam' (18 July 2025).: Reports that an Accra circuit court sentenced Patricia Asiedua Asiamah, known as Nana Agradaa, to 15 years' imprisonment with hard labour on three counts of defrauding by false pretence, arising from a 2022 televised broadcast in which she claimed spiritual power to double money offered at an all-night service at her church, Heaven Way Champion International Ministry, Weija, Accra, then failed to return the funds.
national press appellate report GBC Ghana Online, 'Ghanaians divided after High Court slashes Agradaa's 15-year prison term to 12 months' (2026).: Confirms the Amasaman High Court reduced Nana Agradaa's sentence from 15 years to 12 months on appeal, while the underlying fraud convictions stood.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.citinewsroom.com/2025/07/agradaa-jailed-15-years-for-money-doubling-scam/ Corpus classification: national-press; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 0df99b932b8323cd1c6bca8dc5f8663685ca87ec0678003592a2c0fc7d30c677
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/features/ghanaians-divided-after-high-court-slashes-agradaas-15-year-prison-term-to-12-months/2026/ Corpus classification: national-press; evidentiary role: appellate-report. SHA-256 f890848741d85f34ea1129c0d560d8d2753befd7970e05c84e714ee91ae643cf
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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