Mr Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, has condemned the activities of some unidentified individuals who are using his name to extort monies and other valuables from people with the promise of securing them contracts.

In a personal statement issued in Koforidua on Tuesday and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), The Deputy Regional Minister disassociated himself from those fraudulent practices.

It warned that anyone who deals with those fraudsters does so at his or her own risk.**