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The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has detained a notorious leader of a fraudulent enterprise operating in Ghana and neighbouring Nigeria who is also on the wanted list of Interpol for various organized crimes. On Thursday, July 21, 2022, Sunny Anwamini (Alias Sunny Enyindah Anwamini @ Apostle Sunny Chigeru), …

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested Sunny Anwamini (Alias Sunny Enyindah Anwamini @ Apostle Sunny Chigeru) a Nigerian based in Ghana. Sunny Anwamini (Alias Sunny Enyindah Anwamini @ Apostle Sunny Chigeru) has been charged with three counts of Uttering forged documents, defrauding by false pretenses and money …

A Nigerian criminal syndicate led by one Sunny Anwamini (Sam) has been nabbed by the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) for defrauding a Ukrainian businessman to the tune of $6.5 million. The suspect, Sunny, age 52 was apprehended on Wednesday, July 20 by EOCO in an intelligence-led operation in …

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has recommended for prosecution five heads of educational institutions in the Western Region for procurement breaches. The PAC is currently holding hearings for eighteen Senior High Schools in the Western Region. Heads of five SHSs, namely, Bozo Kaku, Methodist SHS, Tarkwa ShS, St. Augustine’s SHS, Bogoso, and …

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested four persons who have been engaged in SIM swap fraud. The action was undertaken by the EOCO in collaboration with the Ghana Association of Banks. According to hdfc.com, SIM swap fraud means changing mobile SIM cards. If this is done without …

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has commenced investigations into allegations of financial impropriety levelled against the Zongo Development Fund (ZoDF) secretariat by a whistleblower. The whistleblower has furnished the anti-graft agency with details of accounting breaches spanning many months. EOCO is particularly interested in procurement anomalies and the …

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is cautioning the general public to desist from investing and patronising services of Royal Gardens Network and Hubtel Mobile Money Lending. According to the state’s organised crime-combatting agency, its checks have established that the two firms are registered neither with the Bank of …

The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame has resolved to go after tax offenders. He says government’s efforts at widening the tax net and consequently prosecuting its development agenda are being frustrated by some big oil companies in the country. “This year, the Finance Minister and I …

COP Maame Tiwaa is former CID boss IGP releases COP Tiwaa to operate from the presidency COP Maame Tiwaa takes office as EOCO boss on Monday COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has been appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the new Executive Director of the Economic and Organized Crime Office …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has withheld large sums of money suspected to have been laundered from abroad by some foreign counterparts remitted to certain individuals and businesses in the country, thereby, further reporting such cases to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to prosecute the culprits. In a …