2 Ghanaians arrested in US over credit card fraud

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Zoobie-Zoobie 8 years ago

he is not running Ghana well

he is not running Ghana well
why 8 years ago

last name are shun but not related? it don't really make sense, may I also point that there are a lot of Nigerians using Ghanaian passport committing crimes, Ghanaians usually do not get involve in credit card fraud..

last name are shun but not related? it don't really make sense, may I also point that there are a lot of Nigerians using Ghanaian passport committing crimes, Ghanaians usually do not get involve in credit card fraud..
Paapidi 8 years ago

Do you know how many Ghanaians are serving jail time in the USA for credit card and other forms of fraud. Why are you playing holier than thou with Nigerians, as if people from Ghana are angels?

Do you know how many Ghanaians are serving jail time in the USA for credit card and other forms of fraud. Why are you playing holier than thou with Nigerians, as if people from Ghana are angels?
Taniba 8 years ago

Nigerians are notorious criminals in the world and is confirmed.

Nigerians are notorious criminals in the world and is confirmed.
Oyiwa 8 years ago

A conman funded a playboy lifestyle by cheating pensioners out of their life savings.
Godwin Nwaofor, 36, kept a 'suckers list' of potential victims to send bogus letters saying they had won the Australian Lottery.
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A conman funded a playboy lifestyle by cheating pensioners out of their life savings.
Godwin Nwaofor, 36, kept a 'suckers list' of potential victims to send bogus letters saying they had won the Australian Lottery.
The Nigerian national received around £1million from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London.
Godwin Nwaofor, 36, kept a 'suckers list' of potential victims to send bogus letters suggesting they had won the Australian Lottery
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Godwin Nwaofor, 36, kept a 'suckers list' of potential victims to send bogus letters suggesting they had won the Australian Lottery
The scam started with a bogus letter to a vulnerable pensioner telling them they had won the Australian Lottery. Pictured is Nwaofor being fed Grey Goose vodka from the bottle
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The scam started with a bogus letter to a vulnerable pensioner telling them they had won the Australian Lottery. Pictured is Nwaofor being fed Grey Goose vodka from the bottle
The Nigerian national received around £1million from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London. Pictured is Nwaofor in a Ferrari
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The Nigerian national received around £1million from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London. Pictured is Nwaofor in a Ferrari
Nwaofor was a ‘willing and enthusiastic lieutenant’ to the mastermind of the con, another Nigerian, Frank Onyechonam, who was nicknamed ‘Fizzy’ for his love of vintage champagne.
Onyeachonam was jailed eight years last year, after he was exposed as the chief player in the scam.
He drove a Maserati and fired bubbly corks across exclusive private members clubs as he lived a life of fantastic luxury on his victim’s life savings.
The scam started with a bogus letter to a vulnerable pensioner telling them they had won the Australian Lottery.
The letters were sent by a ‘lottery agent’ targeting mainly American pensioners informing them they had won a life-changing prize and requesting a modest sum to release the funds.
Believing they had won, victims were hooked into paying fees to release their ‘winnings’ through an agent who would demand ‘activation fees’ to release their cash.
In some cases, dupes set up businesses in an attempt to receive their winnings and became unwitting money mules laundering cash from other victims.

Serial conman who posed as the Duke of Marlborough in Fawlty...

Conman involved in internet calls
Nwaofor, of Camberell Green, south London, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud, converting criminal property, and acquisition of criminal property

Nwaofor, of Camberell Green, south London, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud, converting criminal property, and acquisition of criminal property
Onyeachonam, nicknamed 'Fizzy' for his love of Champagne led the life of an international playboy

Onyeachonam, nicknamed 'Fizzy' for his love of Champagne led the life of an international playboy
Pictured is a property in Nigeria, owned by Frank Onyeachonam who was jailed for eight years in 2014

Pictured is a property in Nigeria, owned by Frank Onyeachonam who was jailed for eight years in 2014
Onyeachonam, of Canning Town, east London, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud between January 2005 and December 2012. Pictured is a Porsche car he owned

Onyeachonam, of Canning Town, east London, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud between January 2005 and December 2012. Pictured is a Porsche car he owned
Nwaofor, a father of two, regularly switched addresses to avoid being caught.
One victim, a 76-year-old woman, who believed she had won $1.85m, tried to track down Nwaofor after the FBI told her she had fallen victim to a scam.
She flew to the UK and went to the address she had for Nwaofor, but found that he had already moved on to another address.
Judge Richard Hone QC said the evidence in the case, at Central Criminal Court, against Nwaofor was ‘overwhelming’ and showed him to be a proven liar.
‘You have a tendency to be dishonest in your dealings with landlords, agencies, the police, HMRC, and car hire firms’, he said.
‘You also moved addresses regularly to ensure your whereabouts remained a mystery.’
Police identified 406 victims from two notebooks found at Onyeachonam’s Canary Wharf penthouse when he was arrested.
They seized Louis Vuitton shoes, Gucci handbags, a collection of expensive watches and dozens of designer shoes, as well as 5,000 pictures of Onyeachonam flaunting his wealth at exclusive upmarket venues including the Guvnor Bar in Docklands, east London.
One picture shows him showering a friend with champagne, in others he poses with scantily clad blondes or waves wads of £50 notes.
Onyeachonam was jailed eight years last year, after he was exposed as the chief player in the scam. Pictured is champagne found at his home

Onyeachonam was jailed eight years last year, after he was exposed as the chief player in the scam. Pictured is champagne found at his home
Police identified 406 victims from two notebooks found at Onyeachonam’s Canary Wharf penthouse when he was arrested

Police identified 406 victims from two notebooks found at Onyeachonam’s Canary Wharf penthouse when he was arrested
They seized a collection of expensive watches, Rolex pictured, and dozens of designer shoes, as well as 5,000 pictures of Onyeachonam flaunting his wealth at exclusive upmarket venues including the Guvnor Bar in Docklands, east London

They seized a collection of expensive watches, Rolex pictured, and dozens of designer shoes, as well as 5,000 pictures of Onyeachonam flaunting his wealth at exclusive upmarket venues including the Guvnor Bar in Docklands, east London
There was also evidence of extensive communication with Lagos resident Ese Orogun, nicknamed the ‘chairman’, who is thought to be the global mastermind of the fraud.
He lives in a private gated community, is a ‘celebrity’ in the Nigerian capital and drives multiple supercars, including a Maserati and a Porsche.
Detectives fear the scale of the fraud could even mushroom to £30million if all the details discovered in notebooks and emails can be traced to victims.
Nwaofor moved to the UK in January 2006 from Nigeria and soon married a German citizen.
He has two children with her, aged six and six-months-old.
He broke down in tears as he was jailed for seven years this morning, but the judge said he did not believe the remorse was genuine.
‘Just as a crocodile sheds its tears while devouring its prey, so the copious weeping in court is not hypocritical remorse but tears of frustration that in spite of your careful concealment, you have been well and truly rumbled’, the judge told him.
‘This Australian lottery scam has brought penury and debt to your victims who were ruthlessly milked of their hard earned savings.’
Nwaofor will serve half his sentence in prison and the remaining part on licence and will also now face confiscation proceeds

Nwaofor will serve half his sentence in prison and the remaining part on licence and will also now face confiscation proceeds
Pictured is Frank Onyeachonam's nicknamed 'Fizzy' displayed in bank notes

Pictured is Frank Onyeachonam's nicknamed 'Fizzy' displayed in bank notes
The judge said although ten victims were traced by prosecutors as having fallen for Nwaofor’s scam, but that was probably the ‘tip of the iceberg’.
‘Vast sums of cash you used to fund a luxury lifestyle, with top of the range hire cars, large watches, gold jewellery, expensive nightclubs’, said the judge.
‘It shows you made the best part of £1m yourself.’
Nwaofor, of Camberell Green, south London, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud, converting criminal property, and acquisition of criminal property.
He will serve half his sentence in prison and the remaining part on licence and will also now face confiscation proceeds.
Onyeachonam, of Canning Town, east London, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud between January 2005 and December 2012.
why 8 years ago

since like you have a hard time understanding English, I said Nigerians are known for using GH passport to commit fraud so there is a possibility it could be a Nigerian..go to Asia and Europe, GH passport are used in UK by Ni ...
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since like you have a hard time understanding English, I said Nigerians are known for using GH passport to commit fraud so there is a possibility it could be a Nigerian..go to Asia and Europe, GH passport are used in UK by Nigerians for schooling, in Asia for drugs.

I also sang Ghanaians don't usually engage in credit card fraud meaning they do at a low rate but Nigerians are known for high credit card fraud..so unless investigation concludes, we can't jump into conclusion..you are too stupid to engage in conversation..a waste of my time
Doe Alogba 8 years ago

Does anybody have the data compiling Ghanaians from the various tribes serving in USA prisons? How many are Akans, Ewes, Fantes, etc. Please, plot a bar chart for this survey including those data in Europe, Asia, Australia a ...
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Does anybody have the data compiling Ghanaians from the various tribes serving in USA prisons? How many are Akans, Ewes, Fantes, etc. Please, plot a bar chart for this survey including those data in Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. This will give us a fair idea about Ghanaian tribal groups doing bad things abroad.
kookum 8 years ago

My gathering data are so huge that it won't fit this page but the Ewes came on top.

My gathering data are so huge that it won't fit this page but the Ewes came on top.
kofi 8 years ago

You definitely do not have reading comprehension. The name of people in jail in Western my sound Ghanaian but definitely not Ghanaians. There is a case of Nigerian executed in Malaysia with a Ghanaian name but was actually a ...
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You definitely do not have reading comprehension. The name of people in jail in Western my sound Ghanaian but definitely not Ghanaians. There is a case of Nigerian executed in Malaysia with a Ghanaian name but was actually a Nigerian.
Yaa 8 years ago

Will the authorities abroad say these fraudsters belong to this tribal group, that tribal group or GHANAIANS?

Will the authorities abroad say these fraudsters belong to this tribal group, that tribal group or GHANAIANS?
Humanity 8 years ago

Fantes are AKANS!

Fantes are AKANS!
kofi 8 years ago

Foolish Paapidi
It is true and stop your insult. You guys are using our passport and committing crime in Ghana and soiling the good name of Ghana. AS we talking, you being a Nogerian is residing in Ghana but doing dubious wo ...
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Foolish Paapidi
It is true and stop your insult. You guys are using our passport and committing crime in Ghana and soiling the good name of Ghana. AS we talking, you being a Nogerian is residing in Ghana but doing dubious work.
ROMANO 8 years ago

SAY IT LOUD ONE MORE TIME , A TYPICAL EXAMPLE IS NEMESIS RADAR .

SAY IT LOUD ONE MORE TIME , A TYPICAL EXAMPLE IS NEMESIS RADAR .
G-Lady 8 years ago

I guess you are a nigerian? I have witnessed a nigerian with a Ghana passport outside Ghana doing all kids of rubbish when he is arrested it is Ghana's name he would mentioned. Honestly l hate nigerians

I guess you are a nigerian? I have witnessed a nigerian with a Ghana passport outside Ghana doing all kids of rubbish when he is arrested it is Ghana's name he would mentioned. Honestly l hate nigerians
Dogg 8 years ago

What stupid thieves. They deserve to rot in jail.

What stupid thieves. They deserve to rot in jail.
PAPA ALATA 8 years ago

This type of crime is a real signatures of Nigerians. We Nigerians, we are thieves and crook. We will do anything to make dirty money.

This type of crime is a real signatures of Nigerians. We Nigerians, we are thieves and crook. We will do anything to make dirty money.
Jasmine 8 years ago

Who told you that?

My nephew and nieces asked me to receive goods from someone here in the USA, ordered by someone in Ghana. I accepted because I wanted to know about the transaction in order to get to the person in Ghana ...
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Who told you that?

My nephew and nieces asked me to receive goods from someone here in the USA, ordered by someone in Ghana. I accepted because I wanted to know about the transaction in order to get to the person in Ghana who's making the ordering of the goods. I realized he stoled the credit card numbers. Don't ask me how I discovered that.

Later when I told my nephews I can't accept any goods from anyone to my address, they became furious with me and won't communicate with me but I really don't care at all. All I know is, I CANNOT accept anything from anyone, full stop.

There are so many crooks in Ghana doing that, and the majority is in Accra.
ABROKWA - HOUSTON. 8 years ago

I RECEIVED SOME ITEMS HERE IN HOUSTON BUT RETURNED TO SENDER IMMEDIATELY. I TOLD MY NEPHEW IN GHANA WHO ORDERED THE ITEMS ABOUT. SINCE THEN, I HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL.

I RECEIVED SOME ITEMS HERE IN HOUSTON BUT RETURNED TO SENDER IMMEDIATELY. I TOLD MY NEPHEW IN GHANA WHO ORDERED THE ITEMS ABOUT. SINCE THEN, I HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL.
Dentist Tusefo 8 years ago

"I realized he stole...."

"I realized he stole...."
Dentist Tusefo 8 years ago

" I realized he stole..."

" I realized he stole..."
Nana Yaw 8 years ago

I think you haven't forgot about the sakawa people that sit on the computer 24/7. All what they do is stealing other people identity on the internet to create credit cards, and use them to buy things on online. If Ghanaians d ...
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I think you haven't forgot about the sakawa people that sit on the computer 24/7. All what they do is stealing other people identity on the internet to create credit cards, and use them to buy things on online. If Ghanaians don't know, United States and Ghana are very friendly so when you commit a crime against U.S.in Ghana, don't think that you are out of reach. You will be picked up one day, and brought to the U.S. to face charges. Prison terms here in not a joke. You can be jail for many many years, and you may never see your family again till you die. And, it is easy to get killed in prison here. So stay out of committing crimes against the United States. Oh, your properties in Ghana can be confiscated as well so be careful with what you do online against the U.S.
Cee 8 years ago

If u don't know don't talk about it!a lot of Ghanaians are involved in credit cards and other fraudulent activities here in the USA..that silly attitude SAKAWA it is still going on.they are in the BRONX and New Jersey..I wish ...
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If u don't know don't talk about it!a lot of Ghanaians are involved in credit cards and other fraudulent activities here in the USA..that silly attitude SAKAWA it is still going on.they are in the BRONX and New Jersey..I wish the FBI could flush them out.people are hurt so bad for these dubious activities these young punks put in.they don't care..u could be the next victim...u never know.
Kay 8 years ago

Kwasi Zoobie-Zoobie! Blame Mahama for everything including your runaway father, your impotency, Iraq war, Apartheid in South Africa, Racism in the western world, Hiltlers crime, the murder of black people in USA, the overthro ...
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Kwasi Zoobie-Zoobie! Blame Mahama for everything including your runaway father, your impotency, Iraq war, Apartheid in South Africa, Racism in the western world, Hiltlers crime, the murder of black people in USA, the overthrow of Nkrumah, death of Mandela, Eltons Johns gay lifestyle, Saddam Husien and Osamas death.... You might as well blame Mahama for 1st and 2nd world wars. Finally blame Mahama for Akuffo Addos lost law certificate and his short statute. You are free to blame mahama for everything, after all it us your democratic right to spill nonsense. Democracy is really not helpful for black people with your kind of mentality.
Kay 8 years ago

Kwasia Zoobie-Zoobie! Blame Mahama for everything including your runaway father, your impotency, Iraq war, Apartheid in South Africa, Racism in the western world, Hiltlers crime, the murder of black people in USA, the overthr ...
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Kwasia Zoobie-Zoobie! Blame Mahama for everything including your runaway father, your impotency, Iraq war, Apartheid in South Africa, Racism in the western world, Hiltlers crime, the murder of black people in USA, the overthrow of Nkrumah, death of Mandela, Eltons Johns gay lifestyle, Saddam Husien and Osamas death.... You might as well blame Mahama for 1st and 2nd world wars. Finally blame Mahama for Akuffo Addos lost law certificate and his short statute. You are free to blame mahama for everything, after all it us your democratic right to spill nonsense. Democracy is really not helpful for black people with your kind of mentality.
BRIAN WILLIAMS 8 years ago

Take it anyway you want, Mahama is the most incompetent president Ghana has ever seen.

Take it anyway you want, Mahama is the most incompetent president Ghana has ever seen.
Kwaky 8 years ago

Kay is equal stupid as Zoobie-Zoobie. How does Akuffo Addo short statue comes in here.

Kay is equal stupid as Zoobie-Zoobie. How does Akuffo Addo short statue comes in here.
Zoobie-Zoobie 8 years ago

just like kay

just like kay
Zoobie-Zoobie 8 years ago

like your tin god, Mahamah

like your tin god, Mahamah
Zoobie-Zoobie 8 years ago

go ask your tin god, Mahamah

go ask your tin god, Mahamah
Zoobie-Zoobie 8 years ago

You are stupid fool who wants to show off by spilling out names and events...Damn fool

You are stupid fool who wants to show off by spilling out names and events...Damn fool
Douglas. Bristol-UK`° 8 years ago

jail these idiots

jail these idiots
why 8 years ago

dog bristol, when its time, God shall definitely reward you with evil.that's for sure

dog bristol, when its time, God shall definitely reward you with evil.that's for sure
Ghanabia 8 years ago

The guys arrested for their act (doing what they can do best) are the elephant party NPP card bearing members. I cannot understand why Ghanaians fear to tell the truth at all times. Tell the truth coma what may. Remeber, it i ...
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The guys arrested for their act (doing what they can do best) are the elephant party NPP card bearing members. I cannot understand why Ghanaians fear to tell the truth at all times. Tell the truth coma what may. Remeber, it is only the truth that willset you free. Be free Ghanaians by telling the truth. Do not go back to slavery!
Ghanabia 8 years ago

The guys arrested for their act (doing what they can do best) are the elephant party NPP card bearing members. I cannot understand why Ghanaians fear to tell the truth at all times. Tell the truth come what may. Remeber, it i ...
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The guys arrested for their act (doing what they can do best) are the elephant party NPP card bearing members. I cannot understand why Ghanaians fear to tell the truth at all times. Tell the truth come what may. Remeber, it is only the truth that will set you free. Be free Ghanaians by telling the truth. Do not go back to slavery!
kokotii 8 years ago

why you blaming Mahama.
I guess you can't fix stupid

why you blaming Mahama.
I guess you can't fix stupid
AKWA IBOM 8 years ago

THEY ARE ALL EITHER NIGERIANS, WITH THEIR NIGERIAN DIRECTOR IN GHANA, OR ALL GHANAIANS, TRAINED AND DIRECTED BY NIGERIANS.

THIS BEHAVIOR IS VINTAGELY NIGERIAN.
GHANAIANS DON'T BEHAVE LIKE THIS ON THEIR OWN.

THERE HAS T ...
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THEY ARE ALL EITHER NIGERIANS, WITH THEIR NIGERIAN DIRECTOR IN GHANA, OR ALL GHANAIANS, TRAINED AND DIRECTED BY NIGERIANS.

THIS BEHAVIOR IS VINTAGELY NIGERIAN.
GHANAIANS DON'T BEHAVE LIKE THIS ON THEIR OWN.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME NIGERIAN FLAVOR IN THERE!
Cee 8 years ago

Don't be surprise bro,if they are Ghanaians!gone are the days when we think it was Nigerians who are involved in this kind of activities..a lot of guys from Ghana are actively doing it too..they want to make ends meet by any ...
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Don't be surprise bro,if they are Ghanaians!gone are the days when we think it was Nigerians who are involved in this kind of activities..a lot of guys from Ghana are actively doing it too..they want to make ends meet by any means necessary.especially the young ones.u see them driving nice cars around and u don't see them do any job..they are here in the USA hurting people.
G-Lady 8 years ago

Are you okay, what has Mahama got to do with this nonsense, did he send them to the US to steal? Respect yourself

Are you okay, what has Mahama got to do with this nonsense, did he send them to the US to steal? Respect yourself
Taniba 8 years ago

Nigerians are number one criminals

Nigerians are number one criminals
Mubarak 8 years ago

sakawa

sakawa
ZoRRo 8 years ago

This trade has been done by other nationals without being caught, but when Ghanaman tries then he is arrested. You don't show up at a house to claim a parcel you bought fraudulently over the internet, with the homeowner's cre ...
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This trade has been done by other nationals without being caught, but when Ghanaman tries then he is arrested. You don't show up at a house to claim a parcel you bought fraudulently over the internet, with the homeowner's credit card -- duh !
why 8 years ago

seems you lack English understanding, I said Nigerians are known for using GH passport because it a known fact they use for committing crimes, go to asia where its used for drugs, in UK where they use for schooling and fraud ...
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seems you lack English understanding, I said Nigerians are known for using GH passport because it a known fact they use for committing crimes, go to asia where its used for drugs, in UK where they use for schooling and fraud because Ng passport is blacklisted.

I said Ghanaians usually don't engage in credit card fraud because the chances of a real Ghanaian doing credit card fraud is low, as compared to a Ng using GH passport as they are known for high credit card fraud..
so unless the truth is established we can't jump into conclusion
u are too stupid to have a conversation, even your name tells you don't think right. a waste of my time
nana 8 years ago

Even if they give birth to them in our present in Ghana when they grow up and they were Caught stealing we will say they are nigerian. will should stop using that as a excuss and do you know that some ghana clam to be nigeria ...
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Even if they give birth to them in our present in Ghana when they grow up and they were Caught stealing we will say they are nigerian. will should stop using that as a excuss and do you know that some ghana clam to be nigeria when got stealing too
Anani 8 years ago

Leave Nigerians alone, the problem is Ghanaians that issue them the passports

Leave Nigerians alone, the problem is Ghanaians that issue them the passports
Cee 8 years ago

Bro!ghanaians do very very well in SAKAWA .they are now graduates

Bro!ghanaians do very very well in SAKAWA .they are now graduates
Mrs. Akufo-Addo Rebecca 8 years ago

These are Sakawa boys. Let the law deal with them

These are Sakawa boys. Let the law deal with them
Bambara 8 years ago

I do not understand why this is a news item in Ghana. Who cares about these people? US authorities will deal with them.

I do not understand why this is a news item in Ghana. Who cares about these people? US authorities will deal with them.
fear woman 8 years ago

arrest Douglas Bristol uk immediately

arrest Douglas Bristol uk immediately
Boss 8 years ago

What a bunch of idiots!

What a bunch of idiots!
Kasapreko KWABENA . 8 years ago

Imprison them for 10-years and deport them thereafter. They don't deserve to live in the USA.

Imprison them for 10-years and deport them thereafter. They don't deserve to live in the USA.
Deedonz 8 years ago

Luk @ this hungry guyz

Luk @ this hungry guyz
sir Evans 8 years ago

douglas woyè kraman like u are dog by name.

douglas woyè kraman like u are dog by name.
Amish Deutschland 8 years ago

poor souls they should have never been to the card holders house..

poor souls they should have never been to the card holders house..
MASUD,UK 8 years ago

This has nothing to do with NDC or NPP live Mahama and Akuffo Addo out of this.That is what you get for indulging yourself in crime.

This has nothing to do with NDC or NPP live Mahama and Akuffo Addo out of this.That is what you get for indulging yourself in crime.
Abul 8 years ago

Why not invest in the lottery game instead than this habit.

Why not invest in the lottery game instead than this habit.
DAGARA PRIDE 8 years ago

There go Nana Akofo Addo boys. Yet they want to rule this country.These Oseikrum boys will never stop stealing. They will do the same when they get into the office.

There go Nana Akofo Addo boys. Yet they want to rule this country.These Oseikrum boys will never stop stealing. They will do the same when they get into the office.
Muntaro Ibrahim...Japan 8 years ago

Hmm! It's very horrible. People engaged in these activities are heartless. I remember my Japanese wife's credit card was used in similar way when we visited and lived at Busua Beach Hotel in Takoradi, Ghana in 2002.

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Hmm! It's very horrible. People engaged in these activities are heartless. I remember my Japanese wife's credit card was used in similar way when we visited and lived at Busua Beach Hotel in Takoradi, Ghana in 2002.

The thieves were able to use up to $10,000 USD from my wife's credit card. We used her card to pay for the hotel. We spent five days and after our return to Japan a month later when our bills arrived we discovered that the card has been used to purchase items including flowers, Cuban cigars, paid air ticket to Italy, and tuition fee to an Italian Language school. I did report this case to Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in Accra and promised action will be taken and nothing happened. I do believe our experience isn't the first; many more victims probably suffered same.

It is very bad way of handling guest's credit card information at our hotels and etc. in Africa. We have already evidently dented our image in this area and it is getting out of hand, big time.

People profiting from these activities think it is a good way of making money and becoming rich. But remember that it is NOT all the monies and material stuff in this world that you acquire that matters most. But that after all where your death will occur and how? and even what the weather on that day of your burial will be...rainy, stormy, sunny, snowy, etc. Humans are NO better than even Ants that labor throughout the seasons to sustain their existence. Honest living is worth billions earned fraudulently. My advice!
Muntaro Ibrahim...Japan 8 years ago

Hmm! It's very horrible. People engaged in these activities are heartless. I remember my Japanese wife's credit card was used in similar way when we visited and lived at Busua Beach Hotel in Takoradi, Ghana in 2002.

The ...
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Hmm! It's very horrible. People engaged in these activities are heartless. I remember my Japanese wife's credit card was used in similar way when we visited and lived at Busua Beach Hotel in Takoradi, Ghana in 2002.

The thieves were able to use up to $10,000 USD from my wife's credit card. We used her card to pay for the hotel. We spent five days and after our return to Japan a month later when our bills arrived we discovered that the card has been used to purchase items including flowers, Cuban cigars, paid air ticket to Italy, and tuition fee to an Italian Language school. I did report this case to Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in Accra and promised action will be taken and nothing happened. I do believe our experience isn't the first; many more victims probably suffered same.

It is very bad way of handling guest's credit card information at our hotels and etc. in Africa. We have already evidently dented our image in this area and it is getting out of hand, big time.

People profiting from these activities think it is a good way of making money and becoming rich. But remember that it is NOT all the monies and material stuff in this world that you acquire that matters most. But that after all where your death will occur and how? and even what the weather on that day of your burial will be...rainy, stormy, sunny, snowy, etc. Humans are NO better than even Ants that labor throughout the seasons to sustain their existence. Honest living is worth than billions earned fraudulently. My advice!
Kakra, london 8 years ago

I used my credit card to pay and they used it to access online porno websites. HSBC phoned me and I was embarrased and had to deny that I went to visit an online porno website. Thank goodness my wife didn't see my statement! ...
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I used my credit card to pay and they used it to access online porno websites. HSBC phoned me and I was embarrased and had to deny that I went to visit an online porno website. Thank goodness my wife didn't see my statement! Ghanaians are thieves and lair always blaming Nigerians for their problems We are lazy and cowards that never admits to our problems. I know of a recent story as well at african something hotel next to holiday inn at accra airport when a safe was broken into by staff to steal mobile phone and money but it was reported to police and nothing happened. I even reported mine to management but nothing happened too. Stupid thieves bastards.
Nii Joromi 8 years ago

How stupid can these people be to go to the house of the victim to collect the phones.

How stupid can these people be to go to the house of the victim to collect the phones.
Yaw 8 years ago

People think the system here is stupid, we are watching all of them and interpol will catch them one by one. fa omo k) fie, if they will let a fool back home decide on their stay here in the usa. This is just the begening, so ...
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People think the system here is stupid, we are watching all of them and interpol will catch them one by one. fa omo k) fie, if they will let a fool back home decide on their stay here in the usa. This is just the begening, some of us will help catch these guys with our blood and all. Disgracing Ghana on international scale, kwasia bi nti. Lazy baboons, think they can always get the easiest way out. Take them into the dums)..they don't deserve to stay here.
Yaw 8 years ago

So funny, they don't realise that, their choice of words when it comes to english, even depicts who they are and we know they are Ghanaians,the way you even dot your "i" can tell us who we are dealing with and what you shop g ...
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So funny, they don't realise that, their choice of words when it comes to english, even depicts who they are and we know they are Ghanaians,the way you even dot your "i" can tell us who we are dealing with and what you shop gives us an idea where u are coming from. They will catch them one by one..omo b3k) fie la.
G-Lady 8 years ago

Yes Ghanaians are angels

Yes Ghanaians are angels
G-Lady 8 years ago

Well spoken Kay

Well spoken Kay
yk US 8 years ago

I always say Asante guys don't like going to school but are hard workers. Most of d tribes in ghana like d GAS. EWES AND FANTIS ARE CROOKED.NO WONDER GHANA IS IN A DITCH.FOOLISH GUYS

I always say Asante guys don't like going to school but are hard workers. Most of d tribes in ghana like d GAS. EWES AND FANTIS ARE CROOKED.NO WONDER GHANA IS IN A DITCH.FOOLISH GUYS
aaa 8 years ago

What is your problem? Why insulting other tribes? Don't you have enough issues in your own life?

What is your problem? Why insulting other tribes? Don't you have enough issues in your own life?
kwadwo 8 years ago

Duker- Eshun has been released and he didn't know the other had stolen the credit card. Duker Eshun is my friend and he's innocent.

Duker- Eshun has been released and he didn't know the other had stolen the credit card. Duker Eshun is my friend and he's innocent.
kwadwo 8 years ago

I know Duker Eshun. He's such a nice guy to be involved in this act. i felt ashamed when I heard it but later I released that he had no involvement in the act and so free is he. He has been released . Duker Eshun is innocent. ...
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I know Duker Eshun. He's such a nice guy to be involved in this act. i felt ashamed when I heard it but later I released that he had no involvement in the act and so free is he. He has been released . Duker Eshun is innocent. Duker is one hell of a friend. He's a cool dude and I wish his name wasn't added to the story.
sir lon£ly 8 years ago

I was so happy that these fools were being caught. Thank God

I was so happy that these fools were being caught. Thank God
AMA 8 years ago

So late to the game. Go and find a proper job to do if you are allowed to continue to stay in this country.

So late to the game. Go and find a proper job to do if you are allowed to continue to stay in this country.
AMA 8 years ago

Ha ha ha.... rogues.

Ha ha ha.... rogues.
fibuster ( Romeo ) 8 years ago

I know these guys very well, one uses to work at the Liberty International Airport in Newark Terminal "A ", I really don't understand the kids of today, instead of trying to work very hard and earn money through the normal wa ...
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I know these guys very well, one uses to work at the Liberty International Airport in Newark Terminal "A ", I really don't understand the kids of today, instead of trying to work very hard and earn money through the normal way, they rather adopt the " short cut " approach to life.My prayer is that, if they are be found guilty by the state,they should be subjected to a more stiffer punishment.

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