Ghanaian fraudster dupes British woman of £800,000

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Kofi Virginia 9 years ago

Interesting when the Ghanaian becomes better than the Nigerians. The victims are also greedy and stupid.

Interesting when the Ghanaian becomes better than the Nigerians. The victims are also greedy and stupid.
NEMESIS RADAR UK!! 9 years ago

1. Ghanaians CRIMILALITIES EXPOSED.

2. Benjilo was a hardened drug dealer in the 1990s. That criminal was jailed and his drug-funded property in Accra confiscated. During the 8 years of NPP rule, part of which Nana Addo se ...
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1. Ghanaians CRIMILALITIES EXPOSED.

2. Benjilo was a hardened drug dealer in the 1990s. That criminal was jailed and his drug-funded property in Accra confiscated. During the 8 years of NPP rule, part of which Nana Addo served as Attorney-General, Benjilo's property was deconfiscated. Did Akuffo Addo know that drug-dealing was a crime when he championed the deconfiscation of Benjilo's property?

3. Why did Akufo-Addo, as Attorney General, oversee the de-confiscation of frozen assets of Raymond Amankwah, a world reputed Cocaine Baron? And why was Richard Amankwah roaming the world with Ghana's diplomatic passport in his backpocket?

4. Did he not know that by literally presiding over that act, a terrible example was set and cocaine barons all over the globe were sent a signal that the new government of Ghana had no problem with the trafficking of narcotic drugs?

5. Did the fact that Raymond Amankwah was a relative of Akufo-Addo in anyway influence that decision?

7. Was Raymond Amankwah until his arrest in Brazil, not associated with Akufo-Addo's 2008 campaign?

8. Was Akufo-Addo not the Attorney General in the year 2001, when the state prosecution of Frank Benneh was suddenly discontinued?

9. Why did he so mysteriously stop a case that NDC's Deputy Attorney General, Martin Amidu prosecuted so relentlessly until NPP took over the reins of office?

10. Does Akufo-Addo know that the discontinuation of that famous case was another strong signal of his own lack of political commitment to fight the drug menace and the indication of the weakness of NPP's resolve to deal with the canker?

11. What about the three NPP Dzorwulu branch executives who were busted with narcotics at Kotoka in February 2002 when Akufo-Addo was AG?

12. Is it not interesting that under his tenure as AG, all those three arrested NPP drug queens just vanished into thin air? Their dockets also just disappeared like magic?

13. What did Nana Addo do about that case to send a strong and clear message to Ghana and the world that his government was dead set to punish anyone, regardless of proximity to the ruling class, who dares engage in the dangerous narcotic trafficking?

14. Was Akufo-Addo not the parliamentarian who was pushing hard for a law (described by Ghanaians as Amoateng Bill) to be passed that will essentially allow Ghanaian drug offenders, languishing in Thai jails among others to be sent back to Ghana to complete their term?

15. Does Nana Akufo-Addo still believe in the Amoateng Bill? Does he think that it will be useful to bring back to Ghana, top NPP drug financiers like Eric Amoateng and Raymond Amankwah?

16. Why does Nana Addo think that the accusation of drug addiction has never been leveled against any other leader or potential leader of his party, (Busia, Victor Owusu, Adu Boahen, J.A. Kufuor, Alan Kyeremateng) but only him? Is it just a coincidence?
NEMESIS RADAR UK!! 9 years ago

GHANAIAN "SAKAWA" CRIMINAL "ENTERPRISE EXPOSED!

PUBLIC AWARENESS ADVISORY REGARDING ""SAKAWA" OR "ADVANCE FEE FRAUD" SCHEMES

SAKAWA AND SEKADRO Schemes by 'GHANAIANS ' frequently use the following tactics:

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GHANAIAN "SAKAWA" CRIMINAL "ENTERPRISE EXPOSED!

PUBLIC AWARENESS ADVISORY REGARDING ""SAKAWA" OR "ADVANCE FEE FRAUD" SCHEMES

SAKAWA AND SEKADRO Schemes by 'GHANAIANS ' frequently use the following tactics:

An individual or company receives a letter or fax from an alleged "official" representing a foreign government or agency;
An offer is made to transfer millions of dollars in "over invoiced contract" funds into your personal bank account;
You are encouraged to travel overseas to complete the transaction;
You are requested to provide blank company letterhead forms, banking account information, telephone/fax numbers;
You receive numerous documents with official looking stamps, seals and logo testifying to the authenticity of the proposal;
Eventually you must provide up-front or advance fees for various taxes, attorney fees, transaction fees or bribes;
Other forms of 4-1-9 schemes include: c.o.d. of goods or services, real estate ventures, purchases of crude oil at reduced prices, beneficiary of a will, recipient of an award and paper currency conversion.
If you have already lost funds in pursuit of the above described scheme, please contact the U.S. Secret Service in Washington, D.C. at 202-406-5850 or by e-mail.

Ghanaian "SAKAWA" Advance Fee Fraud Overview

The perpetrators of Advance Fee Fraud (AFF), known internationally as "4-1-9" , SAKAWA or SEKAKURO.

Unfortunately, there is a perception that no one is prone to enter into such an obviously suspicious relationship. However, a large number of victims are enticed into believing they have been singled out from the masses to share in multi-million dollar windfall profits for doing absolutely nothing. It is also a misconception that the victim's bank account is requested so the culprit can plunder it -- this is not the primary reason for the account request -- merely a signal they have hooked another victim.

In almost every case there is a sense of urgency;
The victim is enticed to travel to Ghanaian or a border country;
There are many forged official looking documents;
Most of the correspondence is handled by fax or through the mail;
Blank letterheads and invoices are requested from the victim along with the banking particulars;
Any number of Ghanaian fees are requested for processing the transaction with each fee purported to be the last required;
The confidential nature of the transaction is emphasized;
There are usually claims of strong ties to Ghanaians officials;
A Ghanaian residing in the U.S., London or other foreign venue may claim to be a clearing house bank for the Central Bank of Ghanaian;
Offices in legitimate government buildings appear to have been used by impostors posing as the real occupants or officials.
The most common forms of these fraudulent business proposals fall into seven main categories:

Disbursement of money from wills
Contract fraud (C.O.D. of goods or services)
Purchase of real estate
Conversion of hard currency
Transfer of funds from over invoiced contracts
Sale of crude oil at below market prices
The most prevalent and successful cases of Advance Fee Fraud is the fund transfer scam. In this scheme, a company or individual will typically receive an unsolicited letter by mail from a Ghanaian claiming to be a senior civil servant. In the letter, the Ghanaian will inform the recipient that he is seeking a reputable foreign company or individual into whose account he can deposit funds ranging from $10-$60 million that the Ghanaian government overpaid on some procurement contract.

The criminals obtain the names of potential victims from a variety of sources including trade journals, professional directories, newspapers, and commercial libraries. They do not target a single company, but rather send out mailings en masse. The sender declares that he is a senior civil servant in one of the Ghanaian Ministries, usually the Ghanaian National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC). The letters refer to investigations of previous contracts awarded by prior regimes alleging that many contracts were over invoiced. Rather than return the money to the government, they desire to transfer the money to a foreign account. The sums to be transferred average between $10,000,000 to $60,000,000 and the recipient is usually offered a commission up to 30 percent for assisting in the transfer.

Initially, the intended victim is instructed to provide company letterheads and pro forma invoicing that will be used to show completion of the contract. One of the reasons is to use the victim's letterhead to forge letters of recommendation to other victim companies and to seek out a travel visa from the American Embassy in Accra. The victim is told that the completed contracts will be submitted for approval to the Central Bank of Ghanaian. Upon approval, the funds will be remitted to an account supplied by the intended victim.

The goal of the criminal is to delude the target into thinking that he is being drawn into a very lucrative, albeit questionable, arrangement. The intended victim must be reassured and confident of the potential success of the deal. He will become the primary supporter of the scheme and willingly contribute a large amount of money when the deal is threatened. The term "when" is used because the con-within-the-con is the scheme will be threatened in order to persuade the victim to provide a large sum of money to save the venture.

The letter, while appearing transparent and even ridiculous to most, unfortunately is growing in its effectiveness. It sets the stage and is the opening round of a two-layered scheme or scheme within a scheme. The fraudster will eventually reach someone who, while skeptical, desperately wants the deal to be genuine.

Victims are almost always requested to travel to Ghanaian or a border country to complete a transaction. Individuals are often told that a visa will not be necessary to enter the country. The Ghanaian con artists may then bribe airport officials to pass the victims through Immigration and Customs. Because it is a serious offense in Ghanaian to enter without a valid visa, the victim's illegal entry may be used by the fraudsters as leverage to coerce the victims into releasing funds. Violence and threats of physical harm may be employed to further pressure victims. In June of 1995, an American was murdered in Accra, Ghana, while pursuing a 4-1-9 scam, and numerous other foreign nationals have been reported as missing.

Victims are often convinced of the authenticity of Advance Fee Fraud schemes by the forged or false documents bearing apparently official Ghanaian government letterhead, seals, as well as false letters of credit, payment schedules and bank drafts. The fraudster may establish the credibility of his contacts, and thereby his influence, by arranging a meeting between the victim and "government officials" in real or fake government offices.

In the next stage some alleged problem concerning the "inside man" will suddenly arise. An official will demand an up-front bribe or an unforeseen tax or fee to the Ghanaian government will have to be paid before the money can be transferred. These can include licensing fees, registration fees, and various forms of taxes and attorney fees. Normally each fee paid is described as the very last fee required. Invariably, oversights and errors in the deal are discovered by the Ghanaians, necessitating additional payments and allowing the scheme to be stretched out over many months.

Several reasons have been submitted why Ghanaian Advance Fee Fraud has undergone a dramatic increase in recent years. The explanations are as diverse as the types of schemes. The Ghanaian Government blames the growing problem on mass unemployment, extended family systems, a get rich quick syndrome, and, especially, the greed of foreigners.

Indications are that Advance Fee Fraud grosses hundreds of millions of dollars annually and the losses are continuing to escalate. In all likelihood, there are victims who do not report their losses to authorities due to either fear or embarrassment.

In response to this growing epidemic, the United States Secret Service established "Operation SAKAWA" designed to target Ghanaian Advance Fee Fraud on an international basis. The Financial Crimes Division of the Secret Service receives approximately 100 telephone calls from victims/potential victims and 300-500 pieces of related correspondence per day.

Secret Service agents have been assigned on a temporary basis to the American Embassy in Accra to address the problem in that arena. Agents have established liaison with Ghanaian officials, briefed other embassies on the widespread problem, and have assisted in the extrication of U.S. citizens in distress.

If you have been victimized by one of these schemes, please forward appropriate written documentation to the United States Secret Service, Financial Crimes Division, 950 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20223, or telephone (202) 406-5850, or contact by e-mail.
NEMESIS RADAR UK!! 9 years ago

Drug Barons Bankrolled NPP
General News of Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Source: The Enquirer

Pamela Bridgewater

…Shocking revelation of Pamela Bridgewater

As former United States of America (USA) President George W. ...
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Drug Barons Bankrolled NPP
General News of Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Source: The Enquirer

Pamela Bridgewater

…Shocking revelation of Pamela Bridgewater

As former United States of America (USA) President George W. Bush was constantly massaging the ego of former President J. A. Kufuor as the best to have ever happened to Ghana, his Ambassador to Ghana was busy sending cables to the US State Department on how rotten Mr. Kufuor’s empire was, as far as illicit drug trade was concerned.

Pamela E. Bridgewater, US Ambassador to Ghana under the Bush administration, on Tuesday October 9, 2007, sent a damning cable under the subject Government of Ghana not doing enough to combat narcotics.

The cable, indeed, confirmed the lack of political will on the part of the Kufuor government to fight the narcotic drugs trade in Ghana.
In the said cable, which was to be declassified on 10 April, 2017, she stated that narcotic drug barons are generally large supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Ambassador Bridgewater said in the cable that she was told by an official of the Narcotic Control Board that the NPP had no plan of pursuing some eight drug barons, even though many of their identities were known.
Interestingly, Raymond Amankwah, who happens to be the brother-in-law of Nana Akufo-Addo, the flag bearer of the NPP, had his assets that were confiscated returned to him when Nana Addo was the Attorney General and Minister of Justice.
In the said cable, the US Ambassador said that the NACOB official who spoke with her even suggested that drug barons had penetrated the NACOB by recruiting officers of that outfit to keep them informed.
Eric Amoateng & NACOB
Ambassador Bridgewater said in the cable that NACOB, according to one of its higher ranking officials, is motionless.
She said in the cable that the NACOB official said the government of Ghana had effectively neutered NACOB since the embarrassing arrest in the US of the NPP Member of Parliament in 2005.
“All of the high ranking officials during that time have been removed. He said that the government of Ghana was upset with NACOB since it cooperated closely with the US government on the case, which resulted in Amoateng’s guilty plea and subsequent imprisonment in the US.
The NPP administration continued to pay Amoateng for 18 months after his arrest in the US.
Ambassador Bridgewater revealed in the cable that the NACOB official said no one at NACOB was ready to rock the boat, including the new Director Ben Botwe, who lacked experience with narcotics enforcement.
Ben Botwe was appointed to head the NACOB after Mr. Kufuor fired all the top men after the arrest and imprisonment of Amoateng. Before his appointment, he was working with the Food and Drugs Board.
She went further in the cable to state that the Deputy Director of NACOB, Mark Ewuntomaah, was also a problem, and that Gary Nicholls even told her that the Secretary to President Kufuor at the time commented that Ewuntomaah should have stayed as a retired police officer rather than being recalled to NACOB.
According to her, the US Embassy also had cause to worry about Ewuntomaah’s apparent unresponsiveness and general incompetence, adding “Despite repeated promises, Ewuntomaah was unable to even organize a tour to the airport for poloff.”
Ursula Owusu & NACOB
Surprisingly, all that was contained in the cable took place under the nose of one of the loud-mouthed NPP members, Madam Ursula Owusu, popularly known as Vuvursla, who was a Board Member of the NACOB.
Madam Owusu last week went berserk on various radio stations attacking the current administration for not doing enough to fight the illicit drug trade.
She even went on to ask the President to come out with names of members of his government, whom he said he was aware were dealing in drugs.
Observers say that it would be very crucial for Madam Owusu to tell Ghanaians of what she knew was going on at NACOB before asking President Mills for such names.
Interesting Notes
Under the NPP administration led by Mr Kufuor, three women who were residing at Dzorwulu, a suburb of Accra, were arrested at the Kotoka International Airport with large quantities of cocaine but they were not prosecuted.
It is instructive to know that their dockets got missing at the Attorney General’s Department at the time Nana Addo was the A-G and Minister of Justice.
Again, 77 parcels of cocaine mysteriously got missing under the watch of the NPP.
Apart from that, the NPP government sent sniffer dogs that had been brought into the country by the British Government to help fight drugs at the Kotoka airport back with the excuse that the dogs were eating too much.
It was under the NPP that the confiscated assets of Raymond Amankwah, a well known drug baron, who is the brother in law of Nana Addo, were given back to him.
Amankwah got his assets back when Nana Addo was the A-G.
Under the NPP, a quantity of cocaine got missing at Tema port and the police headquarters.
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General News of Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Source: The Herald
Ex-Minister Cited In Cocaine Spread

By Larry-Alans Dogbey

It has emerged that Ghana witnessed at record level of the influx of cocaine during the tenure of Albert Kan-Dapaah as the Minister of Interior under the erstwhile Kufuor administration because he was “dismissive and irritated” when he was presented with problems on the dangerous narcotic drugs in the country by foreign experts who were determined to rid Ghana off drugs.

The ex-Minister’s “dismissive and irritated” have left doubts in the minds of British government over his role in the arrest of the infamous MV Benjamin shipping vessel which carried the 77 parcels of the cocaine into Ghana, which disappeared leading to the setting up of Georgina Wood Committee on the orders of Mr. Kan-Dapaah.

“The U.K. recently shared intelligence with the GOG on a vessel coming to Ghana from South America suspected to be carrying cocaine. King said a vessel left from Tema to provide the suspect ship with fuel and water. According to King, however, the Ghana navy failed to find it and may not have even tried (although it is not clear to us that the navy received the U.K. information),” the British were quoted to have said.

Mr. Kan-Dapaah’s reprehensible attitude towards combating the narcotic drugs forced Ghana’s partners in the fight against the canker conclude in June 2007, that the government of Ghana had become more disinterested in the fight unlike the period of Papa Owusu Ankoma as Interior Minister.

A Lagos-based British Serious Organized Crime (SOCA) Officer, John King reached the damning conclusion which he subsequently later disclosed to officials of American Embassy in Accra soon after his encounter with Mr. Kan-Dapaah.

The disclosure comes on the heels of the an earlier revelations Mr. Kan-Dapaah was questioned at the National Security Secretariat during the tenure of the exiled ex-National Security Minister, Mr. Francis Poku, by officials of the Narcotic Control Board (NACOB).

The probe followed disclosures by the disgraced ex-New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament, Eric Amoateng who was jailed in the US for narcotic drugs trafficking in that country that he that ceramic pots in which he conceal the drugs were shipped to the minister and colleague MP, Mr. Dapaah, back home in Ghana.

Mr. Kan-Dapaah, had publicly said indeed he took delivery of some ceramics which he took to his constituency in the Ashanti Region and shared amongst his constituents.

These shocking revelations were made in one of the leaked secret diplomatic letters called cables written about Ghana by the American intelligence officers and sent to the United States of America (USA) and published by the Wikileaks, a website dedicated to disclosing diplomatic secrets worldwide.

Diplomatic secrets correspondence between the US Embassy here in Ghana and the US State Department on drug related issues in Ghana from 2007-2009.

An earlier cable had stated that an official told agents of the US Embassy in Ghana that the barons are generally supporters of the NPP and he suggested that the ruling party had no plans to pursue these individuals even though many of their identities are known”.

A higher-ranking official, of NACOB said the body was motionless, the document said, pointing out that the official whose name was withheld said that the Government of Ghana effectively neutralized NACOB since the embarrassing arrest in the US of NPP MP Eric Amoateng in 2005.

All the high-ranking officials during that time were been removed. This was because the GOG was upset with NACOB since it co-operated closely with the USG on the case, which resulted in Amoateng’s guilty plea and subsequent imprisonment in the U.S.

*Ben Ndego, Papa Owusu Ankomah And What Happened At NACOB*

Meanwhile, a former Deputy Director of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), has discounted claims by leaked US diplomatic cables suggesting the government in 2007/08 lacked the political will to fight drugs in the country.

Mr. Ben Ndego, who called into Joy FM’s news analysis programme, Newsfile last Saturday, said it was rather some individuals in the previous NPP government who worked systematically to undermine efforts at fighting the drug menace.

The confidential US cables and quoted a December 2007 cable as saying “Embassy contacts in the police service and the president’s office ‘have said they know the identities of the major barons,’ but ‘the government of Ghana does not have the political will to go after [them]’”.

Mr. Ndego who had by that time been interdicted as part of investigations into the disappearance of some 5kilograms of cocaine from NACOB offices however said the claims of government complicity was false.

He maintained that certain individuals – whose names he wouldn’t mention – deliberately made it difficult if not impossible for the fight against drugs to succeed.

He singled out former Interior Minister, Papa Owusu Ankomah for praise because he worked tirelessly to deal with the trafficking of drugs through Ghana.

The former Deputy NACOB boss however did not have as much commendable words for Mr. Owusu Ankomah’s successor at the Interior Ministry, Albert Kan-Dapaah.

“…good people like Papa Owusu-Ankomah… the then Minister of Interior – who… left, and a week later Kan-Dapaah came and removed us, nobody has ever spoken to him about the good effort… he [made] to help Narcotics Control Board to operate efficiently,” he said.

He claimed the fight against drugs took a nosedive when the new interior minister interdicted him and his boss.

Mr. Ben Ndego, who is back at NACOB, accused Mr Kan-Dapaah – the Member of Parliament for Afigya-Sekyere – of recruiting his constituents who neither had the experience nor the willingness to vigorously fight the drug trade.

“The political will was there and the political will always be there in government at the top level, but unfortunately you will have individuals within the system who have their personal motives,” he said.

Mr. Ndego claimed there was a conspiracy to demonize him and his boss to prepare the grounds for their dismissal. NACOB under their (he and his boss) direction, he noted, was “targeting some individuals that was hurting.”

He emphasized the need for a concerted effort at dealing with the drug problem because the challenge of drugs was a formidable one since “drug dealers walk in the corridors of power and sponsor people to become politicians.”

*US SECRET DOCUMENTS*

John King after several days of discussions with counternarotics contacts in Accra, including the Ministers of Interior and National Security. King told the US agent that the U.K shared intelligence with the Ghanaian government on a vessel coming to country from South America suspected to be carrying cocaine.

The vessel, The Herald’s findings have revealed was the famous MV Benjamin in which the 77 parcels of cocaine mysteriously disappeared and have since 2006 not been located.

King said a vessel left Tema to provide the suspect ship with fuel and water. However, “the Ghana navy failed to find it and may not have even tried (although it is not clear to us that the navy received the U.K. information)”.

“King found Minister of Interior Kan-Dapaah dismissive and irritated when King raised problems with narcotics at the airport. King concluded that the GOG was more indifferent to the narcotics issue than in 2006 and had made little progress to tackle this problem in the past year”, the letter added.

These concerns were mirrored in a June 25, 2007, Mini-Dublin Group meeting, the second such narcotics cooperation meeting held in Accra, hosted by the French Embassy and attended by diplomats from the U.S., Dutch, Spanish, Italian, British, and German.

The French DCM told the group that two weeks earlier, a French naval vessel intercepted a ship loaded with cocaine coming to Ghana from South America. Given concerns about narcotics trafficking here, a French narcotic liaison officer was to be assigned to Ghana starting in September of that year.

The German official noted that Lufthansa was seeing small but increasing quantities of narcotics trafficking on its flights out of Ghana and therefore, were also exploring assigning a permanent narcotics liaison officer to Accra.

The Italian representative said their Dakar-based narcotics watcher was reporting a large increase of narcotics trafficking from South America through West Africa.

The group, therefore, agreed to send a joint letter to the Minister of the Interior, expressing growing concerns about Ghana’s narcotics situation.

The Americans saw the appointment of Mr. Ben Botwe as a more discouraging sign of the Kufuor government’s weak counter-narcotics efforts, and reinforcing their worries that there was no political will in combating the drug menace.

“More worrisome, according to our Political Assistant Locally Engaged Staff, Botwe had a reputation at the Food and Drugs Board for being amenable to influence”, they said.

They explained that Mr. Botwe lacks experience dealing with illicit narcotics and turned to his deputy, a senior police officer, who also lacked the energy or independent political standing, on substantive questions.
NEMESIS RADAR UK!! 9 years ago

typo errors...lol

typo errors...lol
Ntawa Moshie 9 years ago

Are u here to comment about my country?Waooo!
Anyway how is your drug business doing?

Are u here to comment about my country?Waooo!
Anyway how is your drug business doing?
NEMESIS RADAR UK!! 9 years ago

IF HE IS A NIGERIAN WHY DID HE USED THE FRAUD MONEY TO BUILD A BIG MANSION IN GHANA? THINK ABOUT IT!

IT SEEMS THAT COMMON SENSE IS 'NOT' COMMON WITH YOU GHANAIANS. NEED I SAY MORE?

IF HE IS A NIGERIAN WHY DID HE USED THE FRAUD MONEY TO BUILD A BIG MANSION IN GHANA? THINK ABOUT IT!

IT SEEMS THAT COMMON SENSE IS 'NOT' COMMON WITH YOU GHANAIANS. NEED I SAY MORE?
abena kwabena 9 years ago

DOES IT MATTER IF HE IS GHANAIAN OR NIGERIAN? ONLY THE FOOL WHO SAYS IN HIS HEART "IT IS ABOUT HIM OR HER AND NOT ME" THIS MAN IS A CRIMINAL, A POSSIBLE ARMED ROBBER. IMAGINE YOU FIND INTRUDERS IN YOUR BED ROOM, ARMED ROBBERS ...
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DOES IT MATTER IF HE IS GHANAIAN OR NIGERIAN? ONLY THE FOOL WHO SAYS IN HIS HEART "IT IS ABOUT HIM OR HER AND NOT ME" THIS MAN IS A CRIMINAL, A POSSIBLE ARMED ROBBER. IMAGINE YOU FIND INTRUDERS IN YOUR BED ROOM, ARMED ROBBERS. WE MUST SEE THESE CRIMINALS AS COMMON ENEMY, WE MUST ALSO BE SYMPATHETIC TO THE VICTIMS. WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT JUSTICE PREVAILS ESPECIALLY IF IT AFFECTS THE IMAGE OF OUR PEOPLE.
ROMANO 9 years ago

HE BUILD A MANSION IN GHANA BECAUSE NIGERIA IS THE MOST DIRTIEST COUNTRY ON THIS PLANET.

HE BUILD A MANSION IN GHANA BECAUSE NIGERIA IS THE MOST DIRTIEST COUNTRY ON THIS PLANET.
GONGON! 9 years ago

Poor Maurice tried to live fast but got caught when all his lies and "connections" came crashing on him! Can anyone in Africa name any politician who only lives on his paycheck? Many of you live more dubious lives than him ...
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Poor Maurice tried to live fast but got caught when all his lies and "connections" came crashing on him! Can anyone in Africa name any politician who only lives on his paycheck? Many of you live more dubious lives than him yet, you hypocrites are bent on hanging this guy!
Hasn't the blue eyed devil done worst than this in Africa? Who hanged them? You people even turn around and pat them in back! Kwaseafuo! You guys sit around and let your retarded politicians and the so-called kings and chiefs squander every cent in the national coffers yet you turn around to hang someone who has nothing to do with your depleted coffers! FOOLS!

TWENEBOAH 9 years ago

YESTERDAY A 20YEAR OLD KID WAS SENTENCED TO 18YEARS WITH HARD LABOR FOR TRICKING A GIRL TO SEND HIM A THOUSAND(OLD CEDIS)PHONE CARD. NOW THIS MAN OF OVER 40YEARS CONS OTHERS OF OVER 800000(POUNDSTERLING)AND GETS FIVE YEARS IN ...
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YESTERDAY A 20YEAR OLD KID WAS SENTENCED TO 18YEARS WITH HARD LABOR FOR TRICKING A GIRL TO SEND HIM A THOUSAND(OLD CEDIS)PHONE CARD. NOW THIS MAN OF OVER 40YEARS CONS OTHERS OF OVER 800000(POUNDSTERLING)AND GETS FIVE YEARS IN JAIL NO HARD LABOR. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN GHANA?
CORNEY 9 years ago

I think they don't have any sentencing guidelines in that country so every judge does what he likes.
This guy should pay the people and his house sold to pay back the money to the victims.
That said,I wonder how stupid thes ...
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I think they don't have any sentencing guidelines in that country so every judge does what he likes.
This guy should pay the people and his house sold to pay back the money to the victims.
That said,I wonder how stupid these Westerners can be falling for stupid things like that sending money to strangers.
DeludedFall 9 years ago

What you don't understand is how lonely one can get, especially after a loss. You are willing to believe anything and do anything for a small hope because that is all you have left. It is sad but people need to understand tha ...
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What you don't understand is how lonely one can get, especially after a loss. You are willing to believe anything and do anything for a small hope because that is all you have left. It is sad but people need to understand that. Just something to consider.
Kwame Dokyi 9 years ago

It is money;unplugging the thight holes!!

It is money;unplugging the thight holes!!
CONTEMNOR 9 years ago

NEMESIS EBOLA MAN, I THOUGHT U DIED OF CONTRACTING EBOLA. AFTER YOUR 21 DAYS QUARANTINE YOU CAME OUT OF YOUR RAT HOLE. ANYWAY FADOLA ASOLA, FASHOLA, FASHENU ALL ARE TYPICAL NIGERIAN YUROBA BASTARDS NAMES. THIS IS PURE 419 ONL ...
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NEMESIS EBOLA MAN, I THOUGHT U DIED OF CONTRACTING EBOLA. AFTER YOUR 21 DAYS QUARANTINE YOU CAME OUT OF YOUR RAT HOLE. ANYWAY FADOLA ASOLA, FASHOLA, FASHENU ALL ARE TYPICAL NIGERIAN YUROBA BASTARDS NAMES. THIS IS PURE 419 ONLY NIGERIANS ARE BONAFIDE PLAYERS OF THAT GAME. WATCH AN ALATA MOVIE CALLED "THE MASTERS" ON YOUTUBE, YOU 'LL KNOW EXACTLY HOW NIGERIANS ARE. EBOLA INFESTED COUNTRY NIGERIA.
NEMESIS RADAR UK!! 9 years ago

Ghanaian tested for Ebola in USA
Diasporian News of Saturday, 18 October 2014
Source: Fox News

A Ghanaian has tested negative for the deadly Ebola virus in Minnesota, USA.

Fox News reports that the patient who arrived ...
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Ghanaian tested for Ebola in USA
Diasporian News of Saturday, 18 October 2014
Source: Fox News

A Ghanaian has tested negative for the deadly Ebola virus in Minnesota, USA.

Fox News reports that the patient who arrived in Minnesota from Ghana had developed symptoms “of concern”, prompting health officials to run a test on the patient.

It said the Health Commissioner for Minnesota, Ed Ehlinger said the patient’s symptoms did not meet the CDC protocol for Ebola testing, but the state proceeded with a confirmation test on October 16 as a precaution.

It said the state took the precaution as a result of lessons from the cases in Dallas where two health workers have contracted the virus after treating the first U.S.-diagnosed case of the virus.

The Ebola virus has killed 4,546 people since the outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever began in March, according to a report on Friday from the World Health Organisation.

The worst-hit countries have been Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

There have been 8,914 cases overall, including the fatal cases, and the WHO says it expects this number to top 9,000 by the end of the week.
ROMANO 9 years ago

THIS TO INFORM GHANAIANS THAT NEMESIS RADAR HAS FINALLY DIED ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES AGO.HE DIED OUT OF HIS EBOLA INFECTION ACCORDING TO BBC NEWS.PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR BURIAL ARRANGEMENTS

THIS TO INFORM GHANAIANS THAT NEMESIS RADAR HAS FINALLY DIED ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES AGO.HE DIED OUT OF HIS EBOLA INFECTION ACCORDING TO BBC NEWS.PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR BURIAL ARRANGEMENTS
NEMESIS RADAR UK!! 9 years ago

DEMENTED ROMANO, I LEARN THAT YOUR PAPA, YOUE MAMA AND ALL YOUR FAMILY PERISHED BY THE RECENT 'CHOLERA OUT BREAK' IN GHANA. VERY SOON YOU WILL JOIN THEM IN THE GRAVE. BE VERY AFRAID INDEED BASTARD ROMANO.

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DEMENTED ROMANO, I LEARN THAT YOUR PAPA, YOUE MAMA AND ALL YOUR FAMILY PERISHED BY THE RECENT 'CHOLERA OUT BREAK' IN GHANA. VERY SOON YOU WILL JOIN THEM IN THE GRAVE. BE VERY AFRAID INDEED BASTARD ROMANO.

I AM YOUR NEMESIS 4EVER!!
No. 1 Ghanaian!! USA!!! 9 years ago

THAT'S AN ECONOMIC TERRORIST A BOKOGERIAN FROMAERLY KNOWN AS NIGERIAN!!

THAT'S AN ECONOMIC TERRORIST A BOKOGERIAN FROMAERLY KNOWN AS NIGERIAN!!
No. 1 Ghanaian!! USA!!! 9 years ago

THAT'S AN ECONOMIC TERRORIST A BOKOGERIAN FROMAERLY KNOWN AS A NIGERIAN!!

THAT'S AN ECONOMIC TERRORIST A BOKOGERIAN FROMAERLY KNOWN AS A NIGERIAN!!

KANAWU 9 years ago

WE DO NEED A NATIONAL DATA BASE OF GHANAIAN CITIZENS. FADOLA IS NOT A GHANAIAN NAME? I HATE TO SUGGEST WHERE THAT NAME MIGHT HAVE COME FROM. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE NATIONAL I.D. CARD SHOULD NOT BE RESTRICTED TO THE P ...
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WE DO NEED A NATIONAL DATA BASE OF GHANAIAN CITIZENS. FADOLA IS NOT A GHANAIAN NAME? I HATE TO SUGGEST WHERE THAT NAME MIGHT HAVE COME FROM. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE NATIONAL I.D. CARD SHOULD NOT BE RESTRICTED TO THE PRIVILEGED FEW NDC MEMBERS BUT FOR AUTHENTIC GHANAIANS.
Rasheed 9 years ago

Asola Fadola is a Nigerian name and he looks like an Ibo man. God will punish him. May he rot in Jail.

Asola Fadola is a Nigerian name and he looks like an Ibo man. God will punish him. May he rot in Jail.
Tetteh Nubuor 9 years ago

When Ghanaian citizenship can be bought on officially that is what happens.
The guy is a total fraud and not a Ghanaian! H e should tell how he laid hands on a Ghanaian passport and how he naturalized to become a Ghanaian.

When Ghanaian citizenship can be bought on officially that is what happens.
The guy is a total fraud and not a Ghanaian! H e should tell how he laid hands on a Ghanaian passport and how he naturalized to become a Ghanaian.
HE IS FAKE GHANAIAN 9 years ago

CLASSIC 419.

CLASSIC 419.
Kwame Dokyi 9 years ago

He can't be a Ghanaian:His facial contours show!!

He can't be a Ghanaian:His facial contours show!!
No. 1 Ghanaian!! USA!!! 9 years ago

ARE YOU STUPID OR YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MORON OR BOTH!! YOU CAN'T TELL YOUR OWN COUNTRYMAN, NIGERIAN FROM A GHANAIAN?!! I HAVE BEEN AROUND YOUR PEOPLE HERE FOR YEARS AND CAN SPOT THEM FROM MILES AWAY!! NOT ONLY THE NAME, ...
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ARE YOU STUPID OR YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MORON OR BOTH!! YOU CAN'T TELL YOUR OWN COUNTRYMAN, NIGERIAN FROM A GHANAIAN?!! I HAVE BEEN AROUND YOUR PEOPLE HERE FOR YEARS AND CAN SPOT THEM FROM MILES AWAY!! NOT ONLY THE NAME, HIS OVER WEIGHT LOOK IS THE TYPICAL NIGERIAN LOOK!!
Alata 9 years ago

Nigerians can only be defrauders,drug dealers,stealing,cheating.To know whether Ghanaian as compared to nigerian who the criminals are,plse visit the the prisons in the whole of europe or America.We are currently doing that i ...
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Nigerians can only be defrauders,drug dealers,stealing,cheating.To know whether Ghanaian as compared to nigerian who the criminals are,plse visit the the prisons in the whole of europe or America.We are currently doing that in Germany and i was schocked to see so many nigerians in prison.Its really shocking,these people disgrace Africans.Their women are 95% into prostitution in europe here as well.
Kwakye 9 years ago

There is no part in Ghana, that the name fadola, Asola, is from he is a Yoruba man from Nigeria. Just look at his face.

There is no part in Ghana, that the name fadola, Asola, is from he is a Yoruba man from Nigeria. Just look at his face.
hardman 9 years ago

guy you bi NDC man.. u are crazy

guy you bi NDC man.. u are crazy
Close Observer 9 years ago

Foolish guy, where in Ghana are people named Asola Fadola?

Foolish guy, where in Ghana are people named Asola Fadola?
princewilly@ymail.com 9 years ago

Fadola may be half Nigerian and a Ghanaian.

Fadola may be half Nigerian and a Ghanaian.
NEMESIS RADAR UK!! 9 years ago

The best and only SENSIBLE comment so far on this forum.

After FUSE ODG, the International Ghanaian entertainer is a Nigerian whose parents are Nigerians who settled in Ghana. Does the name Nana Richard "Abiona" sounds Gha ...
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The best and only SENSIBLE comment so far on this forum.

After FUSE ODG, the International Ghanaian entertainer is a Nigerian whose parents are Nigerians who settled in Ghana. Does the name Nana Richard "Abiona" sounds Ghanaians?

Because he is doing good, Ghanaians claimed him as their own. But if it was the other way round, his Nigerians background would have been shouted to the high heaven. I rest my case.
CONTEMNOR 9 years ago

NIGERIAN SONG OF THE CENTURY " I GO CHOP UR DOLLAR":

Verse 1
I don suffer, no be small
Upon say I get sense
Poverty no good at all, no
Na him make I join this business

419 no be thief, it's just a game
Everybody d ...
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NIGERIAN SONG OF THE CENTURY " I GO CHOP UR DOLLAR":

Verse 1
I don suffer, no be small
Upon say I get sense
Poverty no good at all, no
Na him make I join this business

419 no be thief, it's just a game
Everybody dey play am
If anybody fall mugu,
Ha, my brother I go chop am

Chorus
National Airport na me get am
National Stadium na me build am
President na my sister brother
You be the mugu, I be the master

Oyinbo man I go chop your dollar
I go take your money and disappear
419 is just a game
You are the loser, I am the winner

The refinery na me get am
The contract, na you I go give am
But you go pay me small money make I bring am
You be the mugu, I be the master
Na me be the master oh

Verse 2
When Oyinbo play wayo
Dem go say na new style
When country man do him own
Them go dey shout
Bring am, kill am, die!
But Oyinbo people greedy (dem greedy)
I say them greedy (dem greedy)
I don't see them tire
That's why when they fall into my trap o
I dey show them fire

Repeat Chorus

Repeat Verse 1

Repeat Chorus till fade
Go to all
Nkem Owoh AKA OSUOFIA (POPULAR NIGERIAN MOVIE ACTOR)
Time Will Tell 9 years ago

Foolish and fraustrated NDC guy....why don't you advise your government to prosecute Akuffo Addo in court???

Foolish and fraustrated NDC guy....why don't you advise your government to prosecute Akuffo Addo in court???
Concerned Ghanaian 9 years ago

Please, Publish this in the Dailies and read it on the airwaves.Ghanaians need to know what is happening in our country. Can't any patriotic Ghanaian revive this cases with court actions?

Please, Publish this in the Dailies and read it on the airwaves.Ghanaians need to know what is happening in our country. Can't any patriotic Ghanaian revive this cases with court actions?
Koki 9 years ago

A good recap of historic events? Could it be? Granted it's proven true it raises serious questions about the passion of some people in this country to see Ghana continue to suffocate under the misrule and lacklustre perform ...
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A good recap of historic events? Could it be? Granted it's proven true it raises serious questions about the passion of some people in this country to see Ghana continue to suffocate under the misrule and lacklustre performance of the current government! A change beckons! Dirty distortions of facts can't stop the wave blowing in the land. NDC is an albatross! It must go! Period! !!
RIGHTMAN aka LOVEJOY - USA 9 years ago

ADDCTED President. It was drugs(cocaine) that cost Nana Addo's Law studies at Oxford University. Nana you need rehabilitation not Presidency, okay ? NPP is not a political party, it's a DRUG CARTEL.

ADDCTED President. It was drugs(cocaine) that cost Nana Addo's Law studies at Oxford University. Nana you need rehabilitation not Presidency, okay ? NPP is not a political party, it's a DRUG CARTEL.
Colonel Obimpeh 9 years ago

His extended family & even hometown might wanna know so they can deal with Fadola's nuclear family for bringing this gargantuan shame on his community! His family may also have a history of crime. Lets dig into the guys backg ...
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His extended family & even hometown might wanna know so they can deal with Fadola's nuclear family for bringing this gargantuan shame on his community! His family may also have a history of crime. Lets dig into the guys background. Fadola doesn't sound Ghanaian though??? Just wondering... Anybody knows something about Fadolas???
Kwame Dokyi 9 years ago

I agree with you; from the perspective of Forensic Psychology!He is a Nigerian,but too skillful to disclose his true identity,lest Nigeria,infested with hardened armed robbers who know how people become wealthy will rain on h ...
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I agree with you; from the perspective of Forensic Psychology!He is a Nigerian,but too skillful to disclose his true identity,lest Nigeria,infested with hardened armed robbers who know how people become wealthy will rain on him to take a share of the booty!!
Real kebecois 9 years ago

He's not a Ghanaian !! Check the name

He's not a Ghanaian !! Check the name
NEMESIS RADAR UK!! 9 years ago

Ghanaian drug dealer gets 18 years in jail
standard.co.uk
Justin Davenport, Crime Editor
26 November 2013

One of London’s “top tier” drug dealers — who drove a Bentley convertible with a personalised number pla ...
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Ghanaian drug dealer gets 18 years in jail
standard.co.uk
Justin Davenport, Crime Editor
26 November 2013

One of London’s “top tier” drug dealers — who drove a Bentley convertible with a personalised number plate — was starting an 18-year jail sentence today.

Darryl Tawiah, 34, and his accomplice Fanzisai Zvirawa, 37, were sentenced to a total of nearly 33 years after police recovered a sub-machinegun, two clips of ammunition and 18?kg of cocaine and crack cocaine at a safe house in north London.

Officers from Scotland Yard’s Projects Team tried to stop the two men in an operation in Enfield in March. One was injured when Zvirawa tried to run down the unarmed officers. He was stopped after a high-speed chase while Tawiah was held as he tried to flee on foot.

Tawiah was spotted trying to throw away keys to a Bentley convertible.

Officers found the keys to a safe house in Enfield hidden on one of the vehicle’s tyres. There they found cocaine and crack cocaine and the Sterling sub-machinegun, ammunition and magazines.

Detectives say Ghanaian-born Tawiah lived a cash-rich lifestyle driving cars including a Lexus 4x4 and taking holidays in Ghana and the Caribbean.

He lived with his wife in Winchmore Hill and paid for his girlfriend to live nearby. About £120,000 was found in cash in the various flats and cars. Detective Inspector Keely Smith said: “Tawiah was the main player and was up there in the top tier of London drug dealers. He lived the life of Riley.”

Tawiah pleaded guilty at the OId Bailey to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and money laundering and was convicted of possessing a firearm. He was jailed for 18 years. Zvirawa admitted conspiracy to supply, possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possession of ammunition. He also admitted dangerous driving. He was jailed for 14 years and eight months.
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‘Sakawa’ woman reveals secrets
General News of Friday, 29 November 2013
Source: Daily Heritage

Information gathered by Daily Heritage has revealed that hundreds of the country’s unemployed graduates are resorting to internet fraud popularly known as ‘sakawa’ due to frustration and humiliation they are suffering at the hands of relatives and friends.

The phenomenon is gradually gaining grounds in the major city centres at the time the president is making frantic efforts in fighting the canker through the various security agencies.

According to some of the graduates who spoke to the Daily Heritage, the devilish act has come about based on the strict laid down specifications employers look out for before they employ a new graduate.

Narrating her ordeal of five years of joblessness after graduation from one of the public universities, Stella Akosua Amoako said it is strenuous securing employment, particularly, without any working experience as a fresh graduate.

“Judging from these frustrations from employers, I couldn’t withstand the pressure from society, so I was introduced to the internet business by some male counterparts who were steep deep in the business and within a month I was making hundreds of dollars,” she recounted.

Miss Amoako said they went through spiritual pacification from different spiritualists in order to fortify themselves to be in a position to attract a white male friend or female lesbians.

She continued that they were asked to bring dead human skull to increase the potency of their power in order to lure one’s victim into releasing whatever amount is demanded from him.

“We have to change necklace upon necklace, hand bangles and beads to keep the power and the conversation stronger and stronger each week in order to stay connected,” she confessed.

After years of practice, she confessed to this reporter that “I want to quit and pursue my dream of becoming a civil servant, but all my efforts are not yielding any result.”

The internet fraudster accused politicians, employers and highly influential people in society who often resort to protocol in selecting candidates for a particular job to deprive suitable applicants of the opportunity.

She claimed she was once asked to pay GH¢600.00 before being given an appointment into a local government institution into a local government institution in the capital.

“As a fresh graduate how do they expect me to get that kind of money to pay?” Miss Amoako asked.
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GHANAIANS ‘Sakawa ’ boys daze U.S. war veteran
General News of Friday, 23 August 2013
Source: The Chronicle

He was trained as a soldier to handle sophisticated weapons to defend the United States of America in many high profile wars, a duty he carried out diligently, but not without mishap. He suffered an accident at the war front, resulting in him becoming permanently disabled.

But that does not mean he should not marry or take a girlfriend, despite his predicament. Therefore, when Alton Graham, the war veteran, saw a supposed Ghanaian lady via the internet, he quickly yanked her picture, viewed it, and instantly started to date her for a possible future marriage.

Unfortunately, Alton Graham had only studied the intricacies of war and could probably close his eyes and shoot on target, but certainly not against internet fraud, which goes by the moniker, ‘Sakawa’ in Ghana.

As a result of this limitation, Alton Graham is now yelping from his US home for the Ghanaian authorities to help him trace his girlfriend, Fati Abdul Rahman, the supposed hulking and swash- buckling trickster, who swindled him of $3,000, which was meant to acquire a US visa and air ticket for his lover girl to travel to the US for the continuation of their relationship.

Alton Graham admitted in an e-mail conversation with this reporter that he had been scammed, but it had now opened his eyes to this wicked and hackneyed tricks being employed by some Ghanaians to tarnish the international image of the country.

“My understanding is that this type of crime happens on a regular basis in Ghana, so help me put a stop to this,” he told The Chronicle via e-mail.

According to Alton, he held the belief that he had met a genuine Ghanaian lady, so when he started sending money for a visa fee and plane ticket, he did not blink his eyes.

According to him, after sending the money to the alleged girlfriend via Western Union, she scanned her passport and embossed it with her supposed picture and American visa to him, in the US.

Having convinced himself that his lady had secured all her traveling documents, Alton said he was expecting her to board a flight and head towards the US. Regrettably, Fati Abdul Rahman started telling all kinds of stories, and rather demanded more money from him.

The ex-US soldier further told this reporter that at a point in time, he insisted that Fati Abdul Rahman use his credit card to buy the air ticket, but she insisted that he (Alton) send her cash, because credit cards are not used in Ghana due to internet fraud, a crime she herself was perpetuating against the US war veteran.

According to Alton, when he realised that he had apparently been scammed, he called the US Embassy here in Accra to verify whether the visa they gave to his girlfriend was genuine. He was, however, told in plain language that the number on the supposed visa did not correspond with any visa the Embassy had issued.

A careful scrutiny of some of the particulars the supposed Ghanaian lady sent to Alton, which he mailed to The Chronicle, also indicated that most of the documents were fake. For example, Fati Abdul Rahman gave her telephone numbers as 233-324-146-2255/233-324-510-8978/233-324-285-0788, numbers which do not correspond with any telephone number codes in Ghana.

Particulars in Fati’s old Ghanaian passport also indicate that she acquired it on June 8th, 2013, at the time the Passport Office had stopped issuing those passports. Also, her face in the passport does not resemble a true Ghanaian lady.

With the suspicion that the lady’s Ghanaian passport could also be a fake one, Alton Graham is wondering how Fati Abdul Rahman was able to cash all the monies he sent to her through the Western Union with the fake passport.

Meanwhile, the following is some of the conversations that took place between Alton Graham and his Ghanaian girlfriend, which we have published unedited.

*thank you, for thinking am a scammer, you have loose a good woman, I tell you, and that I promise you would later find out; you think everybody is the bad type, what the embassy told you about my visa is a lie, tell them that I got a new visa, and that old one was renew bec they only gave me a month visa, and the traveling agency go in and re-apply for 6 months, so am sorry, you just miss the right woman, from all what u did and the insult, I intend to call you and meet you when I get to the state, but sorry to say have change my mind.

*why would you contact me, you said you are done with me and you are going to be with someone else, I don’t want you to contact me anyway with somebody else or is that just another lie.

*Yes and am now back to prove you wrong, so if you want us you can stop the payment of your motor cycle unless maybe you want to go with that then am fine with it, as I said its in your hands, but then know i don’t fear police or no body bec am not a thief as you thought.

*I told you had we not this problem between us it would be this Wednesday the 14th because I’m thinking that you’re not speaking and you say it was all over up to today what I decide on my motorcycle that’s what I do.

*I have what you sent for ticket – 1000 – that is what I have and what my family would add to it, so all needed from you for the ticket is 900.

*let’s not worry about ticket right now okay we have 3 more weeks

*I understand dear, what am saying is, I have half money u sent here, and i told you here we dont use credit card due to this internet fraud and things, thats why am requested to pay cash to board the flight.

*What you told me and what have found out about the ticket do not much , I found a ticket there for 1825 USD.

*baby it’s a straight flight to the USA why should I sent almost another thousand dollars when we get a flight and you have enough already now if that’s not good enough you let me know what you want to do *you have enough money go book a flight and Thursday I will send for your mother $300 for bills.

*need a straight flight from Ghana to USA, not transit flight because my Visa is USA Visa and not other country Visa, if u are having problem with adding the rest of the fund I said dont worry i would start working here and get it myself , so you dont worry.

* Hey Baby on that website there’s a flight out of Accra the airline is Emirates its lice from Accra to New York the price road trip $865 and do the other airlines the most expensive one is $1,382 and you have that much book the flight and come to me you could be here by Friday if you truly love me I truly love you I hope to see you make me happy baby I will make you so happy.

*ok filed charges, I want u to know i dont fear that bec am not a bad person so file it if u think am in fear.

*because if you don’t send it back to me that means you can keep it for another purpose that’s not the intent and that’s what you do thought of the school but you say you’re not supposed to send me my money today because if not continue filing charges.
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Woman duped by 'pastor' lover
General News of Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Source: Karim Hamza

Many have been victims of internet fraud which is popularly called “Sakawa” in Ghana. Most of these victims are usually lured with lucrative business proposals and sometimes offered the chance to choose a lifetime partner.

Whilst some of the victims muster courage to report to the security agencies for investigations to be conducted, others also prefer keeping their nightmarish experience to themselves.

Read below the ordeal of one Linda Austin, who was duped by a pastor lover, Steve Charway in Accra.

I have a personal touching story which I would like the world to read. I came to Ghana in July this year to marry a man named Steve Charway. He was supposed to be a Pentecostal Pastor in Accra. After I arrived, I found out that he had been lying to me all along, so I suggested we postpone the planned marriage.

I came home, but decided to return and marry him because I truly loved him. I was in the process when one Sylvester James Mensah told me to get a plane ticket and come back to Ghana and Steve and I would be married there.

So I planned to arrive on Sept 17, 2013 but four days before I was to leave, Steve disappeared so I called the Uncle (James) and was told that he had traveled to Northern Ghana for a religious study and would be back in four weeks. James asked me to buy him and Steve a cell phone and send them to him with $50.00.

He called again to request for additional $800.00 to enable Steve pay for his tuition fess so he could obtain his supposed Diploma in Theology certificate, which I complied. In fact, I have in my custody receipts covering all these transactions and I am prepared to release them as and when it becomes necessary.

All of a sudden, James called me one fateful day to tell me Steve had left the North for overseas, but could not tell me which country specifically.

In actual fact, it turned out to be a massive scam and Steve Charway, am told, is with a British woman called Jane. I was robbed and could not report to the Police at the time so I would plead with you (Ghanaweb.com) to publish this article to alert the public of the operations of these hoodlums.

They need to be exposed, so no one else gets hurt by them.

Best Regards

Linda Austin
SAKAWA-DOOM 9 years ago

WHETHER HE IS GHANAIAN OR NOT IS NO MATTER.THE FACT IS THAT CRIME DOES NOT PAY & THAT ALL THESE FRAUDSTERS WILL BURN IN HELL FIRE FOR ROBBING INNOCENT PERSONS OF THEIR HARD WON INCOME.

WHETHER HE IS GHANAIAN OR NOT IS NO MATTER.THE FACT IS THAT CRIME DOES NOT PAY & THAT ALL THESE FRAUDSTERS WILL BURN IN HELL FIRE FOR ROBBING INNOCENT PERSONS OF THEIR HARD WON INCOME.
agosta 9 years ago

U are right bro this guy is not a ghanaian even the name tells how a Ghanaian can be like that...fat with such name

U are right bro this guy is not a ghanaian even the name tells how a Ghanaian can be like that...fat with such name
kirk 9 years ago

the name doesnt mattér, we have nigéria prostitutes in the diaspora With mother Ghana passports.

the name doesnt mattér, we have nigéria prostitutes in the diaspora With mother Ghana passports.
kirk 9 years ago

the name doesnt mattér, we have nigérian prostitutes in the diaspora With mother gh passports.

the name doesnt mattér, we have nigérian prostitutes in the diaspora With mother gh passports.
Real kebecois 9 years ago

The guy is not a Ghanaian but since he holds a Ghanaian passport ,hmmmm your guess should be good as mine!!! Well done our galant men and women in uniform !!

The guy is not a Ghanaian but since he holds a Ghanaian passport ,hmmmm your guess should be good as mine!!! Well done our galant men and women in uniform !!
Nii Tsokor 9 years ago

These people think Ghanaians are fools.We know who is Ghanaian and who is not. This is an Anago man.

These people think Ghanaians are fools.We know who is Ghanaian and who is not. This is an Anago man.
Don 9 years ago

This fool is a Nigerian Criminal hardened to the bone.The Police in Ghana has to be smart to fish all of them out of the Country because lots of them are using Ghanaian IDs.

This fool is a Nigerian Criminal hardened to the bone.The Police in Ghana has to be smart to fish all of them out of the Country because lots of them are using Ghanaian IDs.
Alata 9 years ago

THIS IS A NIGERIANS HOLDING A GHANAIAN PASSPORT.It very common,they come 2 ghana and they neva want 2 go back.He doesnt even have a Ghanaian name.

THIS IS A NIGERIANS HOLDING A GHANAIAN PASSPORT.It very common,they come 2 ghana and they neva want 2 go back.He doesnt even have a Ghanaian name.
Tana 9 years ago

They need to check it out and stop this canker in Ghana.This sakawa saga is going big time at Agona Swedru.It is a disgrace.

They need to check it out and stop this canker in Ghana.This sakawa saga is going big time at Agona Swedru.It is a disgrace.
OGOGLO QUARTER! !!! 9 years ago

A FRIEND GOT 9 YEARS FOR STEALING A HE-GOAT AND PALM-WINE VALUED AT 250,00 OLD GH CEDIS,,,,,,, HOW COME THIS SADIST GET JUST , ONLY 5 YEARS..,,,,HAHAHAAAAA MONEYS HAD CHANGED HANDS,,,,

A FRIEND GOT 9 YEARS FOR STEALING A HE-GOAT AND PALM-WINE VALUED AT 250,00 OLD GH CEDIS,,,,,,, HOW COME THIS SADIST GET JUST , ONLY 5 YEARS..,,,,HAHAHAAAAA MONEYS HAD CHANGED HANDS,,,,
Alex 9 years ago

The name sounds Nigerian. This should be investigated.

The name sounds Nigerian. This should be investigated.
Kwame Pee. 9 years ago

I do think a serious background check should be done on this guy as many foreigners have dubiously gotten Ghanaian passport for their nefarious activities.

I do think a serious background check should be done on this guy as many foreigners have dubiously gotten Ghanaian passport for their nefarious activities.
H. Tawiah 9 years ago

This Asola Fadola name looks like a Nigerian.

This Asola Fadola name looks like a Nigerian.
Ghanavi 9 years ago

100% Nigerian.

100% Nigerian.
NEMESIS RADAR UK!! 9 years ago

Hypocrites Ghanaians are DEVILS is disguised, with HOLIER THAN THOU mentalities. Some Ghanaians pastors are equally evil and criminals by nature. Example was pastor 'One Touch' who repeatedly raped his own daughter.

Some G ...
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Hypocrites Ghanaians are DEVILS is disguised, with HOLIER THAN THOU mentalities. Some Ghanaians pastors are equally evil and criminals by nature. Example was pastor 'One Touch' who repeatedly raped his own daughter.

Some Ghanaians are terrorists, kidnappers, fraudsters etc, name it and you will see the fingers of Ghanaians there. Ghanaians are known to be experts in most of these crimes they are busy accusing others of.

Read some of Ghanaians crimes history below and tell me that these MUTHAFUCKERS ARE SAINTS:
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Diasporian News of Saturday, 5 May 2012

Source: Tulsa World

Man guilty in credit, debit card theft plot that targeted Tulsa McDonald's customers

A 19-year-old native of Ghana pleaded guilty Friday to taking part in a conspiracy in which account numbers were stolen from credit and debit cards used at a Tulsa McDonald's.

Godlive Johnathan Tetty-Mensah also pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft in connection with the plot, which he agreed caused a total loss of more than $51,000 to "many" victims.

A U.S. Secret Service affidavit indicates that about 282 credit or debit card numbers were found in a search of a laptop computer that was seized when Tetty-Mensah and three other men were arrested in Ponca City in October for allegedly trying to buy merchandise with counterfeit cards.

A majority of the debit card accounts had been used at the Tulsa McDonald's at 71st Street and Yale Avenue, the document says.

Tetty-Mensah; Daniel Yaw Jefferson, 21; Stanjulfran Geovester Mensah, 21; and Bismark Baah, 20, were accused in an April 3 indictment of taking part in a plot that lasted from August 2011 until Oct. 16, 2011.

Tetty-Mensah stated in his plea agreement that last August he and Jefferson approached an individual with the initials H.J. at the McDonald's and gave him a credit card reader - known as a "skimmer."

"Daniel Jefferson and I would meet with H.J., download the skimmed numbers to a laptop computer, and then take those numbers and use a credit card reader/writer to create counterfeit credit and debit cards," Tetty-Mensah stated in his plea agreement.

The former McDonald's employee, whose full name is not disclosed in court documents, skimmed numbers for three weeks and received $600, two laptop computers and a video game system for his efforts, the document says.

Tetty-Mensah stated in his Friday plea agreement that fraudulent purchases were made in Oklahoma, Ohio, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Tennessee and Indiana as part of the conspiracy.

Baah pleaded guilty Monday to an aggravated identity theft charge. U.S. District Judge James Payne is scheduled to sentence both men July 30.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Souders said Friday that Baah faces a mandatory minimum sentence of two years, while Tetty-Mensah faces between two and seven years in prison.

Charges against Jefferson and Geovester Mensah are still pending.

Original Print Headline: Man pleads guilty in theft plot
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Crime & Punishment of Thursday, 29 January 2009
Source: GNA

GHANAIAN kidnappers of German nurse plead not guilty

Accra, Jan. 29, GNA - Eight persons including a woman who are alleged to be involved in the kidnapping of a German nurse on Thursday pleaded not guilty to various charges levelled against them. The eight are being held for conspiracy to commit crime, stealing, assault and kidnapping.

Appearing before an Accra Circuit Court on Thursday the court admitted them to bail in the sum of GH¢5,000 each with a surety each to reappear on February 23. The court further ordered them to report to the Bureau of National Investigations once a week. The eight are Godwin Husunugbo, aka Shunton, Isaac Amuzu, James Afari, aka Bob and Roland Gyan, aka Alvin Walker. The rest are Dennis Asamoah, aka Bigi, Daniel Abebrese, aka Puis Kwadwo Kwarteng and Hannah Aidoo. They were said to have lured Sonaj Kaiser, a 58 year-old German nurse, to Ghana, assaulted and kidnapped her and demanded a ransom of 150,000 Euros.

The prosecution said four months ago Gyan established contact with the victim on the internet and introduced himself to her as Alvin Walker, a 58 British national resident in Ghana. Gyan further demanded from the victim 5,000 Euros to clear his goods locked up at Tema Harbour. The victim therefore sent 2,000 Euros through Western Union Money Transfer. The prosecution said on January 1, this year the victim furnished Gyan with her flight details and Gyan contacted Asamoah and informed him about the victim's trip to Ghana.

Gyan and Asamoah contacted Husunugbo, a taxi driver, who agreed to pick the victim up at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). The prosecution said on January 2, Husunugbo after receiving the photograph and details of the victim, picked her up at the Airport to Taifa, a suburb in Accra, where she was to lodge. On reaching the house all the accused persons were waiting and as soon as she was shown her room, they locked her up, assaulted her and stole an amount of 1,400 Euros, two mobile phones and a video camera. They further demanded a ransom of 150,000 Euros from the victim's son before releasing her.

The victim's son after agreeing to pay 35,000 Euros, alerted the German Police who also informed the German Embassy in Ghana. The German police, together with Ghanaian security personnel, arrested the accused persons.
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GHANAIAN 419 scam nearly worked on Iranians
Crime & Punishment of Friday, 5 February 2010
Source: Ghanaian Times

But for the intervention of Immigration Officials at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), two Iranians would have left the country on January 24 without knowing that the diamonds they had bought for 40,000 dollars were fake.

Acting on the instruction of those who sold the diamonds to them, the two were only waiting to get to Iran before opening the parcel containing the supposed diamonds.

According to them, that was the third time they were in Ghana to transact business.

In their previous transactions they succeeded in buying the precious stone at Akwatia.

Briefing the Ghanaian Times Wednesday, Assistant Director of Immigration, and head of Operations Unit of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Lord Afrifa said four people now in police custody lured the Iranians into the country to sell diamonds to them.

The four are Kenneth Kabutey, 42 the alleged leader; Ishmael Osmah Amartey, 52 interpreter; Osaka Bawa, 48, and Iking Freeman, a Liberian. A fifth person is on the run.

Kabutey is in custody assisting in investigations while the others are on bail.

Mr Afrifa said on January 24, the Iranians who were returning to Iran were held by Immigration officials at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), for questioning.

He said even though screening of the two showed that they entered the country legally to do business, the officials probed further to know the exact business they came to transact.

The two said that they came to purchase diamonds to the tune of 40,000 dollars. When the Immigration officials asked where the diamonds were, the Iranians replied that the sellers had instructed them not to open the parcel of diamond until they got to Tehran. They produced a document covering the diamonds.

That, according to Mr. Afrifa, aroused the suspicion of the GIS officials who insisted that the parcel should be opened.

It was when the parcel was opened and the contents closely examined that they were found not to be diamonds.

He said the two then led the GIS officials to arrest the suspects at their office near Kwashieman.

Mr. Afrifa said the victims told investigators that it was the brother of Bawa, a footballer in Dubai who introduced the suspects to them.
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Crime & Punishment of Thursday, 22 January 2009
Source: GNA
Pastor remanded for stealing digital camera

Sekondi, Jan. 22 GNA - Frank Nana, a 32-year pastor at Tarkwa, on Thursday appeared before a Sekondi District Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing.

The accused, who pleaded not guilty, was remanded to re-appear on February 12 this year.

Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Richard Boatey said the accused stole a digital camera, a DVD video deck, six pieces of men's cloth and a serving tray all valued at GH¢1,150 belonging to Fiifi Hemans, a musician and designer resident at Accra.

He said sometime in October last year, Hemans, the complainant and other musicians went to perform at a funeral at Kwesimintsim near Takoradi, where the accused who was also at the funeral, introduced himself to the complainant.

He said the complainant gave a digital camera belonging to one Professor Kofi Abraham to the accused to snap some pictures for him. ASP Boatey said later when the complainant realised he had not collected his camera from the accused, the accused, whose name he did not know at the time, was no where to be found.

He said several announcements were made at the funeral ground on the missing camera but no one came out with any information. ASP Boatey said later, when the complainant entered his room he also found out that some items had been stolen which compelled him to report the matter to the Chief of the area who asked for announcement to be made.

He said some witnesses informed the complainant that they saw the accused with the items at Tarkwa.

He said the complainant, therefore, reported the matter to the Tarkwa police and the accused was arrested and handed over to the Kwesimintsim Police.

ASP Boatey said the accused led the police to his house at Tarkwa where the items were found and he was charged accordingly.
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Diasporian News of Thursday, 22 January 2009

Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Ghanaian Gets Five Years for Smuggling East Africans To US

Human Traffic

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- A Ghanaian man was sentenced today in the District of Columbia for his role in smuggling East Africans into the United States, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeffrey A. Taylor and Acting Assistant Secretary of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) John Torres announced.

Mohammed Kamel Ibrahim, a/k/a Hakim, 27, a native of Ghana and naturalized citizen of Mexico, was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy and three counts of bringing aliens to the United States for profit.

According to his plea, Ibrahim operated an alien-smuggling organization in Mexico City that moved unauthorized aliens from East Africa across the southern U.S. border beginning as early as 2005. In plea documents Ibrahim admitted that between June 2006 and February 2007 he and co-defendant Sampson Lovelace Boateng conspired to smuggle unauthorized aliens to the United States by providing the aliens with fraudulently obtained Mexican visas. The visas, which Boateng obtained through a corrupt employee of the Mexican embassy in Belize, enabled East African aliens to travel into Mexico, then be smuggled across the southern U.S. border by Ibrahim's Mexico City-based organization. According to the plea documents, Ibrahim's organization smuggled the aliens by various means, including by concealing them for more than 12 hours in the sleeper compartments of commercial buses. In pleading guilty, Ibrahim admitted to smuggling between 25 and 99 aliens into the United States.

Ibrahim and Boateng were charged in a 28-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on Oct. 31, 2007, and unsealed on Dec. 5, 2007. Ibrahim was arrested by Mexican authorities in Mexico City on Dec. 5, 2007, and extradited to the United States on April 24, 2008. Boateng was arrested at Miami International Airport on Nov. 5, 2007, after arriving on a commercial airline flight from Belize. Boateng pleaded guilty to conspiracy and alien-smuggling charges in the District of Columbia on April 22, 2008, and Ibrahim pleaded guilty on Sept. 22, 2008.

Boateng's sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 22, 2009. Both men will be removed from the United States upon completion of their sentences.

The case was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Brian Rogers of the Criminal Division's Domestic Security Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jay Bratt, Colleen Covell and Michael Harvey of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Valuable assistance was provided by Trial Attorney Mary Ann Snow and Paralegal Rachel Estabrook of the Criminal Division's Office of International Affairs.

The investigation was conducted by ICE's Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., offices, with assistance from the ICE attache in Mexico City, the ICE attache in Guatemala City, the Diplomatic Security Office of the U.S. Embassy in Belize and the Drug Enforcement Administration attache in Belize. Valuable support was provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the ICE Forensic Document Laboratory. Mexican and Belizean authorities also provided substantial support to the investigation.
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Diasporian News of Thursday, 22 January 2009
Source: --
Singapore court jails Ghanian in credit card scam

Singapore - A Ghanian national was jailed for 12 years by a Singapore court for using nearly 100 credit and debit cards and withdrawing 51,610 Singapore dollars (34,530 US dollars) in a card-cloning operation, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Essien Emmanuel, 33, had pleaded guilty to running the operation from his apartment, using information provided through the internet by a Britain-based co-conspirator, the Straits Times said.

Emmanuel was arrested on June 19 with his wife. Police have since recovered 10,840 Singapore dollars from Emmanuel, the report said.

Investigations revealed he was recruited in Ghana in early June and promised a 10-per-cent cut for stealing money from Citibank cash machines.

His wife was repatriated after a stern warning while the accomplice was named as a fellow Ghanian, Charly Nwanne, who is believed to be a member of a syndicate based in Britain, according to the report.
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Diasporian News of Monday, 19 January 2009

Source: By Alexandra Barham
Ghanaian Mortagage fraudster jailed in UK

Fraud Alert

A FRAUDSTER who conned UK mortgage companies out of more than one million pounds to build a letting empire has been jailed for nearly five years.

Leo Kusi-Appiah of Digswell Road, Welwyn Garden City was caught following a lenghty investigation by Hertfordshire Constabulary which revealed he had been providing false information to lenders to obtain mortgages.

St Albans Crown Court heard on Friday how the 42-year-old defendant falsified his identity and details of his income to obtain mortgages which allowed him to set up three letting companies.

Kusi-Appiah purchased 15 properties across the UK, including one in Lemsford Village, just outside Welwyn Garden City and used the addresses to avoid speeding offences which eventually led to his arrest. It has been estimated the value of deception was around £1.6million.

He was given a total of four years and nine months in prison having pleaded guilty to obtaining property by deception at an earlier hearing.

Kusi-Appiah also pleaded guilty to contempt of court, after breaking the Crown Court’s restraint order to access £25,000 of the restrained property.

Detective Sergeant Roy Stammers of the Central Area Money Laundering Unit, said: “This was a complex and detailed investigation that allowed us to use our powers under the Proceeds of Crime Act to bring a criminal to justice whose lies allowed him to build up a vast property empire.

"I am pleased with this result as it demonstrates that anyone who is determined to lie to mortgage companies regarding their identity or financial status can expect a prison term.”
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

I was frozen watching the story on sky news this morning when a friend alerted me to the video. In fact, whether he is of a Nigerian descendant or not, the guy operated successfully in Ghana and to the investigative body that ...
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I was frozen watching the story on sky news this morning when a friend alerted me to the video. In fact, whether he is of a Nigerian descendant or not, the guy operated successfully in Ghana and to the investigative body that's the only country they know this fraudster was living large flaunting his Sakawa booty in the midst of the poor souls around him.
Kofi 9 years ago

That name sounds too Nigerian.

That name sounds too Nigerian.
NEMESIS RADAR UK!! 9 years ago

Sakawa victim stranded

General News of Monday, 21 May 2012
Source: Daily Guide

A 54-year-old American-Canadian, Braenda Louise Branton, who was defrauded of $37,000 by some Sakawa boys via the internet, is stranded in ...
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Sakawa victim stranded

General News of Monday, 21 May 2012
Source: Daily Guide

A 54-year-old American-Canadian, Braenda Louise Branton, who was defrauded of $37,000 by some Sakawa boys via the internet, is stranded in Tamale.

Branton, who is now surviving on the benevolence of management of Bigiza Hotel where she lodged since her arrival in Ghana last year, is said to have exhausted her cash.

Daily Guide gathered that she has become a burden on the management who feed and accommodate her due to her helpless situation while the matter is being pursued in court.

Till date, no relation of hers has shown up to offer any form of support to her.

It is unclear if the suspects currently on remand will be able to cough up the amount they cunningly succeeded in taking from her.

She told Daily Guide that she could not afford an airfare back to Canada where she sold all her property including her car and house, for the non-existent project.

Meanwhile, William Quansah- 20 and Eric Kofi alias Sadat Abdulai-29, who were arrested in connection with the incident will make another court appearance at a Tamale circuit court on Tuesday.

The two, who pleaded not guilty on four counts, were remanded by the court presided over George K. Addai while police are on a wild hunt for Godfred Adjei alias Junior, the main architect of the fraud.

It would be recalled that the police in Tamale unmasked the group who defrauded foreigners via internet under various pretexts.

Their cover was blown after one of them posed as husband of Branton sojourning in Ghana, and succeeded in defrauding her of $37,000.

Facts of the case said the three conspired and hacked into the email of Branton’s husband and interacted with her while she was in Canada, indicating that the husband had secured a lucrative contract to be executed.

The suspects told Branton that her husband had purportedly been awarded a contract by Globacom- a telecommunications company in Ghana- to build dozens of estates and various structures throughout the country.

The amount involved is believed to be running into several millions of dollars and to succeed in their bid, they demanded that Branton send down money to pre-finance the project and forged a number of documents to back the claim.

All this while, Godfred Adjei alias Junior, currently on the run, posed as Branton's husband who was in a strained relationship with his wife, prior to the execution of the scam, leading to both parting ways for a number of years.

Convinced her support could reunite them, the victim sold her house and other property valued at $50,000 and sent $35,000 through a banker’s draft to the suspects.

Having succeeded in milking the white lady of all her money, the suspects lured her into Ghana under the guise of inspecting work on the non-existent project sites and also take the opportunity to meet the husband.

On September 2011, she arrived in Ghana and was met at the airport by William Quansah who took her to a hotel around Osu while Godfred Adjei, on phone, still posed as the husband.

She was later brought to Tamale by suspect Eric Kofi and made to sign several documents purported to have been part of the contractual agreements.

Suspect Eric Kofi demanded several sums from her before endorsing some of the documents as portions required a Ghanaian guarantor.

The suspect later went to Bigiza Hotel and booked a room for Branton with the promise of paying later.

Free accommodation formed part of the agreement as contained in one of the documents, which gave her the leverage to stay in any hotel of her choice without payment.

He however failed to honour his promise of settling the bill which accumulated to GH¢ 11,478, raising suspicion among owners of the hotel.

A complaint was lodged with the police in Tamale and upon his arrest; it was uncovered that the entire deal was a scam with several others involved leading to the arrest of William Quansah.

Branton, who suspected that she had been defrauded also, lodged a complaint compounding the woes of the two suspects who were arraigned on charges of conspiracy of kidnapping, defrauding by false pretences and stealing.

A Kia Sephia saloon car with registration number GS 54 11, with the inscription “Cyber Angel” on the rear windscreen, was retrieved from the suspects and is in police custody.
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Chief Director In Visa Fraud
General News of Monday, 21 May 2012
Source: The Informer

It is not only politicians who engage in fraudulent acts like many have concluded. In fact, civil servants are more dangerous, and have been involved in very dreadful activities that have the tendency to destroy and ruin the nation’s diplomatic relations with other countries.
The newest to join the league of such questionable characters in Ghana’s civil service, is the Chief Director of the Ministry of Transport (MOT), E.N.Y Tackie-Yarboi. He is currently on the wanted list of the Police and the US Embassy in Ghana, for his involvement in visa fraud.
According to the Informer’s reliable sources at the US Embassy, Mr. Tackie-Yarboi, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, applied to the embassy requesting for visas for five officers in the employment of the Ghana Airport Company Limited, who were supposed to travel to the US to hold discussion with SYMX Infrastructure Inc. and partners.
The US embassy in verifying the information put out to ascertain whether the mentioned personalities indeed work with the aforementioned company as the Chief Director claims, finds out that the names he submitted had no affiliation with the Ghana Airport Company; and the Embassy has since written to the police for assistance, sources at the embassy have hinted.
However, credible document intercepted and currently in possession of The Informer indicates that, Mr. Tackie-Yarboi had, indeed, written to the Chief Protocol Officer at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, requesting for the Ministry’s assistance to facilitate the process to enable the personalities he claimed work at the Ghana Airport Company Limited acquire visas.
“Mr. Emmanuel Nii Yartey Tackie-Yarboi, Chief Director, Ministry of Transport, is leading a delegation to visit the United States of America, at the instance of SYMX Infrastructure from 30th April to 4th May, 1012.
Mr. Nii Yartey Tackie-Yarboi would be accompanied by Messrs Daniel Yaw Oppong, Lawyer; Richard Twumasi-Ankrah, Lawyer ; Richard Ntim Boateng, Administrator; Robertson Awuah Boakye Yiadom, Marketing Manager and Ms. Marian August-Adotey, Marketing, all of Ghana Airport Company Limited.
We would be grateful if the delegation would be issued with two- years’ multiple reentry visas, to enable the delegation hold discussions with SYMC Infrastructure Inc. and partners in the U.S.A; to develop airport projects in Ghana.
We count on your usual cooperation”, the letter to the Chief Protocol Officer at the Foreign Affairs Ministry reads.
According to this paper’s intelligence at the police CID headquarters in Accra, the CID has written to the Ministry of Transport for the release of Mr. Emmanuel Nii Yartey Tackie-Yarboi, Chief Director to assist in investigations.
However, sources at CID have hinted that authorities at the Embassy are following developments with keen interest since this is not the first time such a thing has cropped up.
On this note, we are calling the appropriate authorities to ensure that the nation’s diplomatic ties are not jeopardize, but ensure that anyone found to have engaged in such act is severely dealt with.
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97 Ghanaians Jailed In Libya
Soure: Daily Guide
Nov. 4, 2010.

ABOUT 97 Ghanaians are languishing in Libyan jails for various alleged offences, according to official documentation.

Chris Kpodo, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration who disclosed this on the floor of Parliament, however indicated that the actual number of Ghanaians in detention is yet to be ascertained.

Answering a question from the Member of Parliament for Sunyani East, Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh, on the efforts the government was making to secure the release and airlifting of over 640 Ghanaians in detention in Libya for allegedly attempting to stowaway from that country to Europe, the deputy minister said the ministry was making efforts to rescue the people affected.

Admitting he could not confirm the number given by the MP, Mr. Kpodo said the Foreign Ministry had asked Ghana’s Mission in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, to meet with the leadership of Ghanaians living in that country to establish the number of people in detention.

Many African nationals including Ghanaians, Nigerians and Ivorian, have been wallowing in Col. Ghaddaffi’s Libya for alleged criminal offences, with some being hanged.

It would be recalled that the June 3, 2010 issue of DAILY GUIDE reported the hanging of some Ghanaians in Libya and the imminent hanging of others if government did not act quickly to save them.

DAILY GUIDE learnt that prisoners who were facing various charges, including murder, were allegedly not given fair trial before death sentences were imposed on them.

By Awudu Mahama
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Two remanded for human trafficking
Crime & Punishment of Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Source: GNA

A Kumasi Circuit Court has remanded two people into prison custody for allegedly trying to sell the 19-year old son of a landlord.

Musah Kwaku Nyankini, a butcher, 30, and Abu Tawiah, a 27-year old farmer, are standing trial for human trafficking when they attempted to sell the teenager for GH¢5,000.00.

They pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit crime and human trafficking and are to re-appear on Wednesday, May 30.

Police Chief Inspector Isaac Mensah Appenteng, told the court presided over by Justice William Boampong, that the accused resides at Dampong in the Asante-Akim South District.

He said Nyankini is a tenant in the family house of the victim and on May 6, the two accused conspired to sell the teenager and in pursuit of this, Nyankini travelled to Kumasi to look for a prospective buyer.

Chief Inspector Appenteng said Nyankini contacted another person at the Bolgatanga Lorry Station at Krofrom, and asked for his assistance with a promise of a GH¢ 2,000.00 reward after the successful completion of the transaction.

He said the man then feigned interest and tipped-off the New Tafo police who arranged with a witness in the case to present himself as an interested buyer.

Chief Inspector Appenteng said they fixed May 12, for the victim to be brought down to Kumasi and on the appointed day, Nyankini arrived with the boy at about 0930 hours.

The prosecution said as they bargained over the GH¢5,000.00 price quoted by the accused, the police moved in to arrest Nyankini.

He admitted the offence during interrogation and mentioned Tawiah as his accomplice.**
ROMANO 9 years ago

LOOK AT HIS CALABASH NOSE AND THICK LIPS THAT IS THE USUAL CHARACTERRISTICS OF A NIGERIAN MAN.

LOOK AT HIS CALABASH NOSE AND THICK LIPS THAT IS THE USUAL CHARACTERRISTICS OF A NIGERIAN MAN.
CONTEMNOR 9 years ago

NEMESIS IS SPEAKING FROM HIS EBOLA QUARANTINE UNIT.
ROMANO HW R U BRO? FADOLA IS ALATA MAN FROM AJUNGULE, MAKOKO SLUM

A POPULAR NIGERIAN SONG OF THE YEAR
"I GO UR DOLLAR"

Chorus
National Airport na me get am
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NEMESIS IS SPEAKING FROM HIS EBOLA QUARANTINE UNIT.
ROMANO HW R U BRO? FADOLA IS ALATA MAN FROM AJUNGULE, MAKOKO SLUM

A POPULAR NIGERIAN SONG OF THE YEAR
"I GO UR DOLLAR"

Chorus
National Airport na me get am
National Stadium na me build am
President na my sister brother
You be the mugu, I be the master

Oyinbo man I go chop your dollar
I go take your money and disappear
419 is just a game
You are the loser, I am the winner

The refinery na me get am
The contract, na you I go give am
But you go pay me small money make I bring am
You be the mugu, I be the master
Na me be the master oh
LONTO-BOY 9 years ago

Yes, there're Ghanaian criminals engaged in this kind of fraud, and other fraudulent activities but I doubt if he's truly Ghanaian. The name, "Asola Fadola" is very Nigerian. Is he a Ghanaian of Nigerian descent or one of tho ...
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Yes, there're Ghanaian criminals engaged in this kind of fraud, and other fraudulent activities but I doubt if he's truly Ghanaian. The name, "Asola Fadola" is very Nigerian. Is he a Ghanaian of Nigerian descent or one of those Nigerians living in Ghana carrying a Ghanaian passport?

I felt so ashamed as Ghanaian watching this on Sky news yesterday. Such news broadcast dents Ghana's image abroad. Ghanaian authorities should delve deeper into his background, how he acquired Ghanaian passport[if indeed he isn't Ghanaian]. His ill-gotten wealth and property should be seized by the Ghana government.
confused 9 years ago

You're right. I think this is not a Ghanaian.

You're right. I think this is not a Ghanaian.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

When the undercover-agent finally located his whereabouts and got to his abode he was off to Dubai shopping for a new bathroom fitting for his huge mansion.

When the undercover-agent finally located his whereabouts and got to his abode he was off to Dubai shopping for a new bathroom fitting for his huge mansion.
princewilly@ymail.com 9 years ago

TO DUBAI TO BUY OLYMPIC CONDOMS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO COME FIRST.

TO DUBAI TO BUY OLYMPIC CONDOMS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO COME FIRST.
Nyansasem 9 years ago

I don't even know what to say right here. Are they telling me that they did not try to find out the village, town or city he was born in Ghana? Or, any member of his family in Ghana?

Just right here on Ghana, every blogger ...
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I don't even know what to say right here. Are they telling me that they did not try to find out the village, town or city he was born in Ghana? Or, any member of his family in Ghana?

Just right here on Ghana, every blogger is suspicious of his nationality because of his name. And it did not even occur to anyone in Ghana that he might be a Nigerian? Even if he is Ghanaian using a Nigerian name, shouldn't it have occurred to them to find out his real name?

His "Villa" would be sold but a pittance to a government official just like how cars from diaspora are seized and sold less than 1000 GHS to the politicians. Why couldn't the judge ordered that said villa to be sold at a certain and the proceeds giving to the victims?
Nyansasem 9 years ago

Here is the mansion: Scroll the page down

www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/online-dating-fraudster-ghana-scammed-4546717

Here is the mansion: Scroll the page down

www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/online-dating-fraudster-ghana-scammed-4546717
benny 9 years ago

Asola is A Nigerian. an iboman. Lookat his beautiful ugly face. His house has to be confisticate and sold

Asola is A Nigerian. an iboman. Lookat his beautiful ugly face. His house has to be confisticate and sold
JOHN BOSCO 9 years ago

Shame on to you Ghanaians who think Ghanaians are saints as such cannot be involved in fraudulent activities. Fadola is 100% Ghanaian, he could not have been a Nigerian when ofcourse he had been convicted in Ghana before this ...
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Shame on to you Ghanaians who think Ghanaians are saints as such cannot be involved in fraudulent activities. Fadola is 100% Ghanaian, he could not have been a Nigerian when ofcourse he had been convicted in Ghana before this latest scam, Have Ghanaians so soon forgotten the New York Stock Exchange biggest ever fraudulent transfer of $6.0 billion dollars into private accounts by another Ghanaian called "Adoboli" Why are Ghanaians so stupid to think only Nigerians are scamers when in actual fact Ghanaians are trail blazers in international fraudulent activities. Does Adoboli name not sound Nigerian and yet he is 100% Ghanaian from the Volta Region of Ghana, why did no-one doubt Adoboli's Ghanaian citizenship as Nigerians also name "Adebola". Ghanaians should step into Krobo lands and parts of Volta Regions Chinderi and beyond if they will not find the names of similarity with Nigerians. Was Aka Blay Mieza who started 419 in the 50s, who defrauded British and Americans in billions of dollars and still remains a mistery till today; a Nigerian.? No wonder Nigerians describe Ghanaians as spineless compound fools who have lost everything and now depends on past glory and, they talk, talk and talk endlessly from morning till night. Stupid Fools!!!
AGYEMAN! 9 years ago

The heck with your nonsense! Go and remind your retarded dimwit parents of their idiocy for giving birth to your sorry ass! A foul breath fool!

The heck with your nonsense! Go and remind your retarded dimwit parents of their idiocy for giving birth to your sorry ass! A foul breath fool!
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Kweku Adoboli was a Ghanaian-born British trader at Swiss bank UBS’s Global Synthetic Equities Trading team in London and is best known for his role in the 2011 UBS rogue trader scandal. So please, stop your misinformation ...
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Kweku Adoboli was a Ghanaian-born British trader at Swiss bank UBS’s Global Synthetic Equities Trading team in London and is best known for his role in the 2011 UBS rogue trader scandal. So please, stop your misinformation right there. Whether this Maurice Asola Fadola is a Nigerian or Ghanaian is not the point here. Thence, the story here is a fraudster living large on others hard earned cash under the radar of Ghana for some time new and it's great news that he is finally arrested.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

"Ghana for some time [now] and it's great news that he is finally arrested."

"Ghana for some time [now] and it's great news that he is finally arrested."
Gingermalt 9 years ago

Whether ghanaian or nigerian ,what matters is that he has been caught finally

Whether ghanaian or nigerian ,what matters is that he has been caught finally
nana addo 9 years ago

Your submission clearly shows you know nothing about kweku adoboli's case. So shut the fuck up.

Your submission clearly shows you know nothing about kweku adoboli's case. So shut the fuck up.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Well, you know much more, So then, why don't your enlighten us?

Well, you know much more, So then, why don't your enlighten us?
Nana,USA 9 years ago

He is might be a Ghanaian.he looks like a senior of mine when I was in Ghana national college in cape coast.his name was Maurice Asola a.k.a makaveli.he finished s.s.s in 99 and was in j.j mensah Kane house. His relative was ...
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He is might be a Ghanaian.he looks like a senior of mine when I was in Ghana national college in cape coast.his name was Maurice Asola a.k.a makaveli.he finished s.s.s in 99 and was in j.j mensah Kane house. His relative was mr.asola the P.E teacher.i think the name Asola comes from the northern region of Ghana.that is what most students in national said when Maurice's other cousin David Asola said when we asked about the background of their name.David Was my mate in Ghana national college in cape coast between 99-2001.so don't be too quick to blame the Nigerians.any national student (99-2001) can back my story up.
To you 9 years ago

Fuse odg had one of his name as abiona ? Is that a Ghana name ? But everyone in gh celebrate him because he is doing well in music. You all are fools. Go check fadola. He is a 100% gh. And he use the fraud money to buli ...
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Fuse odg had one of his name as abiona ? Is that a Ghana name ? But everyone in gh celebrate him because he is doing well in music. You all are fools. Go check fadola. He is a 100% gh. And he use the fraud money to bulid a house in his home town. You fuck all haters. Ghanaians are not saints
Prof. 9 years ago

I don't think this nefarious guy is a ghanaian man check the name fedalos or whatever his name is man!

I don't think this nefarious guy is a ghanaian man check the name fedalos or whatever his name is man!
Mawriz 9 years ago

No, I reject this guy as Ghanaian, where is he from in Ghana? Well I know he may be a Ghanaian-Nigerian. Let's check, it is good we know where he is from.

No, I reject this guy as Ghanaian, where is he from in Ghana? Well I know he may be a Ghanaian-Nigerian. Let's check, it is good we know where he is from.
yaw 9 years ago

FIVE YEARS IN JAIL IS NOT ENOUGH HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN 25YEARS AS A DETERRENT TO SAKAWA

FIVE YEARS IN JAIL IS NOT ENOUGH HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN 25YEARS AS A DETERRENT TO SAKAWA
rOB 9 years ago

I am ashamed of our justice system here. What a joke!! 5 years for all this fraud? I don't know what is wrong with Ghanaians. We're afraid to punish people who need to be punished properly, so the whole system is wallowing in ...
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I am ashamed of our justice system here. What a joke!! 5 years for all this fraud? I don't know what is wrong with Ghanaians. We're afraid to punish people who need to be punished properly, so the whole system is wallowing in a mire of corruption. We need to invest in building more prisons here.
UFO 9 years ago

Someone steals farm cassava to eat and gets 10 years and this Nigerian gets 5 yrs. Ghana justice system. Hmm!!

Someone steals farm cassava to eat and gets 10 years and this Nigerian gets 5 yrs. Ghana justice system. Hmm!!
DESTROYERS PARTY N D C 9 years ago

A BRITISH WHO DUPES AN AFRICAN IN BRITAIN IS A FREE MAN PERIOD

A BRITISH WHO DUPES AN AFRICAN IN BRITAIN IS A FREE MAN PERIOD
Kofi 9 years ago

This conman is a Nigerian. Fadola is a typical Yourba name. eg. Ademola Fashola, Adeola etc.

This conman is a Nigerian. Fadola is a typical Yourba name. eg. Ademola Fashola, Adeola etc.
Nana Osei 9 years ago

This bastard son of a bitch who has disgrace the good image of the whole Nation must be made to refund every single victim by selling the Villa
Such prodigal lairs normally deserved to be jailed forever shame on him.

This bastard son of a bitch who has disgrace the good image of the whole Nation must be made to refund every single victim by selling the Villa
Such prodigal lairs normally deserved to be jailed forever shame on him.
kirk 9 years ago

I dont doubt this guy to be a ghanain, Bare With me all the boys we see for hours in the café are in to that.
I think there are more pendding and hidden cases of this kind. However, i would humbly suggest that this cyber f ...
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I dont doubt this guy to be a ghanain, Bare With me all the boys we see for hours in the café are in to that.
I think there are more pendding and hidden cases of this kind. However, i would humbly suggest that this cyber fraud should be a national affaire to debates.
I therefore plead to all multimedia platforms to help to eradicate this scandelous image about mother Ghana.
@@@@@@@@ 9 years ago

U guys 200% NIGERIAN WORTHLESS MAN ANIMAL.ALATA NIM ABOA.

U guys 200% NIGERIAN WORTHLESS MAN ANIMAL.ALATA NIM ABOA.
Cool 9 years ago

The government must take on this Niger man who is posing as a Ghanaian
Asola Fadola is not Ghanaian

The government must take on this Niger man who is posing as a Ghanaian
Asola Fadola is not Ghanaian
Babs 9 years ago

I am hundred percent sure that this man is not a Ghanaian.Please check his background am sure he is a Nigerian living in Ghana.Fraud issues are the Nigerian identity and not Ghanaian's.

I am hundred percent sure that this man is not a Ghanaian.Please check his background am sure he is a Nigerian living in Ghana.Fraud issues are the Nigerian identity and not Ghanaian's.
Babs 9 years ago

This name is a Nigerian name.He is not a Ghanaian.Ghanaians beg they don't steal or defraud people.

This name is a Nigerian name.He is not a Ghanaian.Ghanaians beg they don't steal or defraud people.
Adwoa Mensah 9 years ago

Can you do further checks to ascertain whether this guy is actually Ghanain?

Can you do further checks to ascertain whether this guy is actually Ghanain?
Pelicles 9 years ago

Asola Fadola, a Ghanaian? Tweakai. Where in Ghana or what tribe have such a nauseating name? I need an answer. We should be careful about fake Ghanaians tarnishing our reputation. Do not get me wrong. There are bad peop ...
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Asola Fadola, a Ghanaian? Tweakai. Where in Ghana or what tribe have such a nauseating name? I need an answer. We should be careful about fake Ghanaians tarnishing our reputation. Do not get me wrong. There are bad people everywhere but this man is a not a Ghanaian and I stand by it.
Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

73yrs is a limited age now for a humanbein , then Akufo Addo should start preparing his will for those his bastard kids

73yrs is a limited age now for a humanbein , then Akufo Addo should start preparing his will for those his bastard kids
abodam!!! 9 years ago

Waa look, what is this one goin to do with akufo addo? WOYE ABOA PAA. WO PAPA HO KANKAN, WO MAAME TO KANKAN. WO NANA TO.

Waa look, what is this one goin to do with akufo addo? WOYE ABOA PAA. WO PAPA HO KANKAN, WO MAAME TO KANKAN. WO NANA TO.
you know who 9 years ago

GYIMI,,,,OKURASINI B33MA
WHAT HAS YOUR COMMENT
GOT TO DO WITH ISSUE

GYIMI,,,,OKURASINI B33MA
WHAT HAS YOUR COMMENT
GOT TO DO WITH ISSUE
confused 9 years ago

He is Nigerian not Ghanaian.

He is Nigerian not Ghanaian.
CITIZEN ONE 9 years ago

An overwhelming majority of you will insult Akans or Ashantis. The most worrying thing for you guys is his non-Ghanaian sounding name? There are several Ghanaian born citizens of other Nations, and many more with Ghanaian nam ...
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An overwhelming majority of you will insult Akans or Ashantis. The most worrying thing for you guys is his non-Ghanaian sounding name? There are several Ghanaian born citizens of other Nations, and many more with Ghanaian names born in other countries around the world. Now if some resident of any of these countries denied them their right of citizenship in a criminal event, all of you ugly face scoundrels will claim foreigners are racists. It is not for any of you to determine nor decide the nationality of this culprit. The man should serve at least 10 years and jail, and at least 1 year jail sentence for some of you who question the citizenship and heritage of some Ghanaians living abroad who do not speak Twi.

Insolent Jerks!!!
Joseph Boadi Boateng 9 years ago

That is so uncouth and insulting. Be aware that if this person were originally Ghanaian with say British citizenship, he would be described as a British of Ghanaian descent. All we are asking for is the authorities to find ou ...
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That is so uncouth and insulting. Be aware that if this person were originally Ghanaian with say British citizenship, he would be described as a British of Ghanaian descent. All we are asking for is the authorities to find out his true identity and address him as such rather than further denting the image of the ordinary Ghanaian. For that reason, it is our duty or have a right to know the true citizenship of this culprit. I guess you are not an accomplice.
BBC NEWS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

That is what Kufour and his Npp "Sakawa" crooks has introduced in Ghana before they left office.

That is what Kufour and his Npp "Sakawa" crooks has introduced in Ghana before they left office.
Joseph Boadi Boateng 9 years ago

How could this person who bears this name, claim to be a Ghanaian and go unchallenged by the Ghanaian authorities? Where in Ghana does he come from? Is he Ga, Ashanti, Ewe or Northerner. If foreigners can come to Ghana and ow ...
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How could this person who bears this name, claim to be a Ghanaian and go unchallenged by the Ghanaian authorities? Where in Ghana does he come from? Is he Ga, Ashanti, Ewe or Northerner. If foreigners can come to Ghana and own Ghanaian passports and big mansions through fraudulent means and commit crimes of such gargantuan nature and yet authorities unable to critically analyse and unearth their true identities, then you might as well sell Ghana to the Liberians, Nigerians, Chinese and the Asians. Yes, the dubious and heartless Chinese who cook delicious meals with ingredients made from hell. Ghanaians must be clever, do not condone and connive with these criminals and do not rent your rooms or sell land to them. They might offer to pay extra money but you will covertly pay this money in multiples back to them. Arise Ghanaians and look over your shoulders if you can't send them away.
TOPS 9 years ago

This story does mot add up

This story does mot add up
Mr. Osofo 9 years ago

Nigerian with a Ghanaian passport.

Nigerian with a Ghanaian passport.
MOI 9 years ago

THIS MAN IS NOT FROM GHANA. PERIOD.

THIS MAN IS NOT FROM GHANA. PERIOD.
Amy 9 years ago

Ghanaians and Nigerians are the true fraudsters.

Ghanaians and Nigerians are the true fraudsters.
ZIGI ZAGA 9 years ago

THE GHANA HIGH COMMISSION WILL DO WELL TO RESPOND TO THE RIGHT-WING DAILY MAIL AND CORRECT THIS BLATANT UNTRUTH. FADOLA A GHANAIAN? CERTAINLY NOT!!!!

THE GHANA HIGH COMMISSION WILL DO WELL TO RESPOND TO THE RIGHT-WING DAILY MAIL AND CORRECT THIS BLATANT UNTRUTH. FADOLA A GHANAIAN? CERTAINLY NOT!!!!
Stockholm 9 years ago

All Embassies are warning their citizens about Ghana scams. FB even have a special page for Ghana scammers warning people. Ghanaians are clever fraudsters. I know as I am a victim of Ghana fraud. Do something about it and sto ...
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All Embassies are warning their citizens about Ghana scams. FB even have a special page for Ghana scammers warning people. Ghanaians are clever fraudsters. I know as I am a victim of Ghana fraud. Do something about it and stop denying the truth.
RINGO 9 years ago

There are criminals everywhere,but NIGERIANS are the leading criminals in the whole wide world.Why have Nigerians been blacklisted by United States and all the European nations? Be honest and don't be silly..

There are criminals everywhere,but NIGERIANS are the leading criminals in the whole wide world.Why have Nigerians been blacklisted by United States and all the European nations? Be honest and don't be silly..
RINGO 9 years ago

NIGERIANS ARE TOO WONDERFUL.THE ORIGINATORS OF 419 SCHEME ARE THE WORST CRIMINALS IN THE WORLD.WHO DOES'NT KNOW NIGERIANS? NEMESIS MUST BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF.

NIGERIANS ARE TOO WONDERFUL.THE ORIGINATORS OF 419 SCHEME ARE THE WORST CRIMINALS IN THE WORLD.WHO DOES'NT KNOW NIGERIANS? NEMESIS MUST BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF.
Stockholm 9 years ago

Why be so defensive ? There are criminals everywhere but Ghanaians are no angels. The corruption in Ghana is very serious and you can’t blame the Nigerians for that.

Why be so defensive ? There are criminals everywhere but Ghanaians are no angels. The corruption in Ghana is very serious and you can’t blame the Nigerians for that.
Komfo 9 years ago

Women!!!Ready to go for every bait!

Women!!!Ready to go for every bait!
Okponglo Guy 9 years ago

Asola Fadola is a Nigerian

Asola Fadola is a Nigerian
Seaman Uk 9 years ago

TWEEEA THIS MAN IA A NIGERIAN WELL DONE ASOLA FADOLA IE A TYPICAL NIGERIAN NAME

TWEEEA THIS MAN IA A NIGERIAN WELL DONE ASOLA FADOLA IE A TYPICAL NIGERIAN NAME
Kathy 9 years ago

Anago are genetically thieves. Sad how they're defaming our image by using Ghanaian identity to commit crime. Hope the true identity of this fraudster is expose.

Anago are genetically thieves. Sad how they're defaming our image by using Ghanaian identity to commit crime. Hope the true identity of this fraudster is expose.
yaw 9 years ago

Brain is always important, if this guy is a Nigerian, his mansion would be in his home land. but the question is, is that his real name? come to think of it. only 5 years? the real Nigerian tried it in Ghana last week worth o ...
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Brain is always important, if this guy is a Nigerian, his mansion would be in his home land. but the question is, is that his real name? come to think of it. only 5 years? the real Nigerian tried it in Ghana last week worth of 800 Ghana cedis and he got 8 years, hmmmmm! GHANA!
Prof. 9 years ago

There's no name like this in ghanaian family tribe trust me .Asola what!!!!!

There's no name like this in ghanaian family tribe trust me .Asola what!!!!!
Desmond Acquah 9 years ago

This guy is not a Ghanaian. His name and looks give him away as an Igbo from Eastern Nigeria.

This guy is not a Ghanaian. His name and looks give him away as an Igbo from Eastern Nigeria.
Nii Lartey Nartey 9 years ago

Which tribe in Ghana have the name as Asola Fadola? This is simply a crook Nigerian or somewhere else personating as a Ghanaian the same way he personated as an American General for which he must as well be prosecuted.

Gh ...
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Which tribe in Ghana have the name as Asola Fadola? This is simply a crook Nigerian or somewhere else personating as a Ghanaian the same way he personated as an American General for which he must as well be prosecuted.

Ghana under Mahama's criminally corrupt NDC government is turned into a safe havens for all sorts of criminals where criminals are disgustingly worshiped by the national security operatives.

All that our young generation know today is to con people out for fast track ill-gotten money as result of no motivational leadership to encourage the youth on the right path of social ethics.
Jacqueline 9 years ago

forget them Asola. i dey your bck and GOD will see you through. have u all forgotten how the British stole our gold. Fraud is a way to get back at them and i see no crime in it.

forget them Asola. i dey your bck and GOD will see you through. have u all forgotten how the British stole our gold. Fraud is a way to get back at them and i see no crime in it.
DESTROYERS PARTY N D C 9 years ago

LADY JACQUELINE YOU ARE THE MOST SENSIBLE AMONG THE COMMENTATORS.THE SO-CALLED WHITEMAN TO BUY US SLAVES FROM THERE COLONIAL RULE.EVEN UP TILL NOW WE ARE BEING TREATED AS ANIMALS.CAN THIS AMOUNT BE COMPARED TO HUMAN LIVES ...
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LADY JACQUELINE YOU ARE THE MOST SENSIBLE AMONG THE COMMENTATORS.THE SO-CALLED WHITEMAN TO BUY US SLAVES FROM THERE COLONIAL RULE.EVEN UP TILL NOW WE ARE BEING TREATED AS ANIMALS.CAN THIS AMOUNT BE COMPARED TO HUMAN LIVES THAT WAS LOST AND THE PLUNDERS THAT TOOK PLACE.OMARI DEKO STOLE 7MILLION TO BRITAIN WHAT HAPPENED ?YOU ARE 1000% RIGHT
EDEM 9 years ago

This guy's name doesn't sound Ghanaian at all. Could be Nigerian or Malagasy or of French Origin. They should trace his genealogy or his ancestry and it would come out he's not a Ghanaian, because, these scams attributed to a ...
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This guy's name doesn't sound Ghanaian at all. Could be Nigerian or Malagasy or of French Origin. They should trace his genealogy or his ancestry and it would come out he's not a Ghanaian, because, these scams attributed to alleged Ghanaians are becoming one too many, and it behooves on the Ministry/Minister of Interior, the BNI, the Police, and the Birth and Death Registry, to help unravel the "Ghanaian identity" of these scammers/sakawa/419 culprits, and also do a lot more to arrest the increasing canker of this sakawa business. They need to be flushed out, because it is a crime, if the gov't does not seem to know, that it is. It's a crime just like armed robbery, or stealing from the national purse, so the NDC gov't should seriously work on treating it as such, including those caught stealing from the national kitty, and sending the country into the doldrums.
Annorwuo 9 years ago

Those individuals - men and women, leading double lives,the Big Man upstairs,will one day surely bring their 'evil deeds' to light!

Those individuals - men and women, leading double lives,the Big Man upstairs,will one day surely bring their 'evil deeds' to light!
HUMBLE 9 years ago

How can this name be Ghanaian?

How can this name be Ghanaian?
Joe Turkey 9 years ago

Where in Ghana is the Fadola family? We allow all these Nigerian con men to flood the country and operate their so-called 419. And the reason is the uselessness of our security forces. This man should have been sentenced to 5 ...
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Where in Ghana is the Fadola family? We allow all these Nigerian con men to flood the country and operate their so-called 419. And the reason is the uselessness of our security forces. This man should have been sentenced to 50 years imprisonment, his house auctioned and possible attempts made to find his home country and deport him after serving his sentence.
ghanaba 9 years ago

What about woyome

What about woyome
Honestman 9 years ago

The man is a Nigerian living in Ghana oh , becareful he is not a Ghannian, find out which region is coming from, which District, which community, which clan of the community, who knows him, his family background, school mates ...
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The man is a Nigerian living in Ghana oh , becareful he is not a Ghannian, find out which region is coming from, which District, which community, which clan of the community, who knows him, his family background, school mates or colleague when he was young. A Nigerian man please. A con man
DDKT 9 years ago

Shame on him

Shame on him
Kojo Anin 9 years ago

I am a bit worried about the naked robbery of innocent people. This tarnishes the good image of people abroad. This particular name sound a bit strange in our community in Ghana and needs to be cross checked.

I am a bit worried about the naked robbery of innocent people. This tarnishes the good image of people abroad. This particular name sound a bit strange in our community in Ghana and needs to be cross checked.
Paa Kwasi Thomas 9 years ago

Let's check the passport office. We shall get all the details from there. Whether he a Nigerian with a Ghanaian name or not. Don't judge now, you may be wrong.

Let's check the passport office. We shall get all the details from there. Whether he a Nigerian with a Ghanaian name or not. Don't judge now, you may be wrong.
kuma 9 years ago

Are you sure HE IS GHANANIAN

Are you sure HE IS GHANANIAN
LOVE 'n' RESPECT 9 years ago

this stupid idiot man is not GH man...he is 9Ja boy..mugu

this stupid idiot man is not GH man...he is 9Ja boy..mugu
Asem beba dabi 9 years ago

Name, sounds Nigerian. Well, he may hold a Ghanaian passport but let's do it the way the west do it. Ghanaian born Nigerian. I hope you guys get my drift.

Name, sounds Nigerian. Well, he may hold a Ghanaian passport but let's do it the way the west do it. Ghanaian born Nigerian. I hope you guys get my drift.
ghana 9 years ago

but this guy is not a ghanaian, isnt it obvious, hes a nigerian operating in ghana

but this guy is not a ghanaian, isnt it obvious, hes a nigerian operating in ghana
ILUMINATI AGENT 9 years ago

THE BRITISH CAME TO COLONISED US AND TOOK AWAY OUR POWERFUL gods AND KEPT THEM AT SIN CLAIRE CHAPEL.

THE BRITISH CAME TO COLONISED US AND TOOK AWAY OUR POWERFUL gods AND KEPT THEM AT SIN CLAIRE CHAPEL.
Grace 9 years ago

You and your Gods is silly talk.

You and your Gods is silly talk.
JH New York 9 years ago

Just asking,what is the job description of Ghana immigration Service !
Please take a good look at this guy's face,then do some "post mortem"of his name to draw your Conclusions.What do you think ! People are the same everywh ...
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Just asking,what is the job description of Ghana immigration Service !
Please take a good look at this guy's face,then do some "post mortem"of his name to draw your Conclusions.What do you think ! People are the same everywhere,though.So,I am not trying to shift blame.Having said that,where in Ghana was this fraudulent man born,to which parents and Clan, in which District in which Region?. Again let scrutinized the first name - Maurice -from my infancy to School days to my advanced age,I have not encountered a Ghanaian with that first name.Not even the Nigerians whom we Schooled with in the Gold Coast/Ghana has that first name.At least with the few l knew.(This is not to say I know everyone in Ghana.No ).I do not think one can get more than 1-2 people in Ghana named “Maurice"(I stand corrected),if,any.
I do not think I have to make any comments on the middle and last names for,they speak for themselves !
"ASOLA FADOLA - is Not an ethnicity name in any of the 10 Regions in the Country and,unless one has neurological disorders,would agree with me that,the said Maurice Asola Fadola was a Complete and Pure blooded -Nigerian who is settled in Ghana and either,genuinely acquired Ghanaian Citizenship or Fraudulently paid(bribed) to get a Ghanaian passport to aid to
disguise his Scary Nigerian glaring fraudulent (419) identity and activities.
Do anyone know a Ghanaian called Maurice,please ? If yes,how many of them ?. Anyway.
FA 9 years ago

100% THE GUY IS NOT A GHANAIAN- A NIGERIA GUY. NOT BECOS OF THE CRIME HOWEVER THERE ARE A LOT OF W/AFRICAN IN GHANANA WRONGLY HOLDING OUR PASS .

100% THE GUY IS NOT A GHANAIAN- A NIGERIA GUY. NOT BECOS OF THE CRIME HOWEVER THERE ARE A LOT OF W/AFRICAN IN GHANANA WRONGLY HOLDING OUR PASS .
adom 9 years ago

You were born out of fraud ask your father

You were born out of fraud ask your father
A concerned citizen 9 years ago

Just 5 years???

Just 5 years???
JB Butantim 9 years ago

How could they transfer money to a 'lover' they had never seen and met before? More so , when it has been announced and published a thousand times that scammers abound on the web.

Their actions show how tiny their brains a ...
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How could they transfer money to a 'lover' they had never seen and met before? More so , when it has been announced and published a thousand times that scammers abound on the web.

Their actions show how tiny their brains are.
DeludedFall 9 years ago

What you don't understand is how lonely one can get, especially after a loss. You are willing to believe anything and do anything for a small hope because that is all you have left. It is sad but people need to understand tha ...
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What you don't understand is how lonely one can get, especially after a loss. You are willing to believe anything and do anything for a small hope because that is all you have left. It is sad but people need to understand that. They do not have tiny brains. Think before you insult.
Yankee 9 years ago

Sentenced to only 5years? Was the judge bribed?

Sentenced to only 5years? Was the judge bribed?
kay 9 years ago

He probably naturalized to become a Ghanaian. There is nothing wrong with that, he is still a Ghanaian.

He probably naturalized to become a Ghanaian. There is nothing wrong with that, he is still a Ghanaian.
Tana 9 years ago

All the houses and other properties have to be confiscated to act as a deterrent to those in the Sakawa business.

All the houses and other properties have to be confiscated to act as a deterrent to those in the Sakawa business.
Aminu 9 years ago

He is a Nigerian, Jail him

He is a Nigerian, Jail him
nana1 9 years ago

I no this nagga he attended suwasco..he engaged in a robbery and went for jail some time back.. his bro died last 2yers he lives in Dome he is a real Ghanaian

I no this nagga he attended suwasco..he engaged in a robbery and went for jail some time back.. his bro died last 2yers he lives in Dome he is a real Ghanaian
JB Butantim 9 years ago

The guy is a Ghanaian, most probably of Nigerian origin. He belongs to a large family all bearing his name. His brother is a Ghanaian Navy Commander

The guy is a Ghanaian, most probably of Nigerian origin. He belongs to a large family all bearing his name. His brother is a Ghanaian Navy Commander
ameny 9 years ago

Stupid British women....that"s what they are.Thought British are intelligent but this just shows Ghanaians are more intelligent.

Stupid British women....that"s what they are.Thought British are intelligent but this just shows Ghanaians are more intelligent.
DeludedFall 9 years ago

What you don't understand is how lonely one can get, especially after a loss. You are willing to believe anything and do anything for a small hope because that is all you have left. It is sad but people need to understand tha ...
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What you don't understand is how lonely one can get, especially after a loss. You are willing to believe anything and do anything for a small hope because that is all you have left. It is sad but people need to understand that. British are not stupid including the women. Think before you insult.
Captein 9 years ago

I am sorry to announce that this guy also defrauded the GHANA PASSPORT OFFICE. He needs to speak or have knowledge of proficiency in Ghanaian language for example.
Sorry not to sound mean to those born in the diaspora to Gh ...
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I am sorry to announce that this guy also defrauded the GHANA PASSPORT OFFICE. He needs to speak or have knowledge of proficiency in Ghanaian language for example.
Sorry not to sound mean to those born in the diaspora to Ghanaians but never lived there or speak any of the local languages.
I am confident that any of such persons will mnot potray such behavor.
Yaw Poku, USA 9 years ago

This is national identity theft. The guy is a Nigerian who has stolen a Ghanaian name. Just look at his face and there is no doubt about his identity. This the fault of stupid Mahama's NDC government who have open our boarder ...
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This is national identity theft. The guy is a Nigerian who has stolen a Ghanaian name. Just look at his face and there is no doubt about his identity. This the fault of stupid Mahama's NDC government who have open our boarders free to all these miscreants from Nigeria to flood our country and cities without proper documentation and tracking system just in the name of ECOWAS. One cannot walk freely in countries the Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Senegal, Mail, and even poor Burkina Faso to say the least.
Yaw Poku, USA 9 years ago

stolen a forged ghanaian passport or identification card.

stolen a forged ghanaian passport or identification card.
wwc 9 years ago

Plse STOP the cheap propaganda talk. Drugs is a crime in Ghana and arround the globe. If you have facts that Akufo Addo is doing drugs or trading in drugs, then let the law take action since he is not yet prez. if you lack fu ...
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Plse STOP the cheap propaganda talk. Drugs is a crime in Ghana and arround the globe. If you have facts that Akufo Addo is doing drugs or trading in drugs, then let the law take action since he is not yet prez. if you lack funds to persue the case i thick Mahama can help you but if not then SHUT UP because all this cheap talk does not make sense
Sikamanba 9 years ago

The man is not a Ghanaian. Check the name well; he is a Nigerian.

The man is not a Ghanaian. Check the name well; he is a Nigerian.
Sikamanba 9 years ago

He is not a Ghanaian but a Nigerian. Check the name well.May be he frs

He is not a Ghanaian but a Nigerian. Check the name well.May be he frs
nana1 9 years ago

yo JB did you attended his brothers funeral? at Dome? Demn it was like a party champagne and shit ..tool much money....too much make it rain... ASOLA1 that's is car number... #fuck#

yo JB did you attended his brothers funeral? at Dome? Demn it was like a party champagne and shit ..tool much money....too much make it rain... ASOLA1 that's is car number... #fuck#
one-love 9 years ago

Rasheed you are a stupid stupid guy or man what do youj have in GHANA for us to eat which work do you give us, let my brother to come home, or

Rasheed you are a stupid stupid guy or man what do youj have in GHANA for us to eat which work do you give us, let my brother to come home, or
NOBODY 9 years ago

"A sucker is born every second". said a late American. The Nigerian scammers, by way of ECOWAS, have found fertile ground in Ghana for their extortionist trade. How can the government go after these cyber crooks when it will ...
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"A sucker is born every second". said a late American. The Nigerian scammers, by way of ECOWAS, have found fertile ground in Ghana for their extortionist trade. How can the government go after these cyber crooks when it will not even stop illegal Chinese immigrants mining illegally and openly in Ghana?

The Court
Okumpa 9 years ago

I can confirm this guy is born and bred Ghanaian of Northern Ghana but of Nigerian heritage. He was my mate at Ghana National College 1999 year group. He's been a show off even after school riding expensive cars.

I can confirm this guy is born and bred Ghanaian of Northern Ghana but of Nigerian heritage. He was my mate at Ghana National College 1999 year group. He's been a show off even after school riding expensive cars.
Michael Boye Marquaye. 9 years ago

Why its so early to speculate as to who this man is and where he comes from, am very much sure that the Ghana high commision and the passport office will investigate further and come out with its finding. There is one thing ...
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Why its so early to speculate as to who this man is and where he comes from, am very much sure that the Ghana high commision and the passport office will investigate further and come out with its finding. There is one thing ghanaians need to know, Ghana has a reputation across the entire world though this does not mean ghanaians are angels there are good and bad in every nationality, there are a very good nigerians honest enough to call friends and there are bad ones too as in any nationality but in this particular case am sure the authoritie s will eventually come with facts and findings as to who this man really is. We all at end of the day have names and origin and once this is clarified am sure the matter will be put to rest so lets calm down and put our trust in the authorities as they are equally made to feel there is misrepresentation and doubts in this case and the full facts will come out in the long run. Pride is not for sale and reputation takes a very long time to build and must be protected at all cost and by all means necessary.
maame 9 years ago

NIGERIAN Plssss! ! We don't have any Fadola name in Ghana pls. These are all Nigerians soiling the name of Ghana. Fire burn you all!!

NIGERIAN Plssss! ! We don't have any Fadola name in Ghana pls. These are all Nigerians soiling the name of Ghana. Fire burn you all!!
GHANANI 9 years ago

This guy is not a ghanaian.I can bet my life that he is a nigerian.The name Asola fadola is not a ghanaian name.This guy is never a ghanaian.He should not be given a custodial sentence but hanged publicly to serve as a deterr ...
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This guy is not a ghanaian.I can bet my life that he is a nigerian.The name Asola fadola is not a ghanaian name.This guy is never a ghanaian.He should not be given a custodial sentence but hanged publicly to serve as a deterrent to others contemplating committing such a crime. He has condemned those he has swindled to years of poverty and sadness.
kay 9 years ago

morris asola all dis money why

morris asola all dis money why
kay 9 years ago

ghanaians this guy is a ghanaian not a nigeria and a northern

ghanaians this guy is a ghanaian not a nigeria and a northern
???? 9 years ago

Is he really Ghanaian?

Is he really Ghanaian?
KOB 9 years ago

THIS GUY IS NOT GHANAIAN
HE IS A NIGERIAN I KNOW HIM

THIS GUY IS NOT GHANAIAN
HE IS A NIGERIAN I KNOW HIM
FREELANCER 9 years ago

The guy in questing is a not a Ghanaian point of correction but Nigerian.Please do your background checks well

The guy in questing is a not a Ghanaian point of correction but Nigerian.Please do your background checks well
JURISPRUDENCE INDEED 9 years ago

AND OF ALL THE CHARGES, "DECEPTION" IS THE BIGGEST YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT, DAILY MAIL?

OH, SO STUPIDITY IS NOT LIMITED TO GHANAIAN JOURNALISTS ONLY, HUH?

WHAT A JOKE OF 5 YEARS?
HE SHOULD GET 50.

AND OF ALL THE CHARGES, "DECEPTION" IS THE BIGGEST YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT, DAILY MAIL?

OH, SO STUPIDITY IS NOT LIMITED TO GHANAIAN JOURNALISTS ONLY, HUH?

WHAT A JOKE OF 5 YEARS?
HE SHOULD GET 50.

Ghanaian fraudster dupes British woman of £800,000

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