Tag Archives: Fraudsters

Popular Nigerian singer, Peter Okoye of PSquare music group, has threatened banks in Nigeria with legal action for allowing impersonation. The singer took to social media to voice concern about others exploiting his identity to con innocent victims. Peter Okoye claimed that Access and Polaris banks failed to do due …

The Ghana Police Service has busted some 12 suspects allegedly involved in the impersonation of prominent persons in society. According to a statement released on Thursday, March 2, 2023, the criminal syndicate which was discovered through a sustained cyber-intelligence operation orchestrated their schemes by hacking into the social media accounts …

Traders in parts of the Ashanti Regional Capital Kumasi fear the infiltration of their money with fake GH¢200 cedi notes as fraudsters invade markets. Residents of Buokrom B Line on Friday, July 22, 2022, accosted a fraudster who approached vegetables, plantain, and cassava sellers with counterfeit currency to make purchases. …

Actress, hostess and businesswoman Nana Ama McBrown has spoken publicly about how she became a victim of digital fraudsters, who used her identity to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. According to her, that episode – whiles she was away from the United Showbiz show – was a major factor …

The Kasoa District police Command has arrested two notorious Mobile Money fraudsters who defrauded a vendor of GH1,000 at Kasoa New Market in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region. Report gathered by Kasapa FM news Yaw Boagyan revealed that four gentlemen in a Toyota Camry black colour …

The Free Senior High School Secretariat has cautioned parents to be wary of fraudsters who are claiming to have protocols in the 2021 school placement and are using to charge monies to get students placed. According to the Secretariat, some of the recalcitrant internet Cafe Operators has been falsely claiming to have access …

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested suspects Kenneth Anarfi, 51, and Philip Chorkson, 37, for allegedly trading with fake currency. On 24th September, 2021, the Police received complaint, that two suspects driving a Ford Pick Up Truck with registration number GE 9217-12 went to a shop at Tuba, a …

A 28-year-old Ghanaian resident in Tamale, Maxwell Atugba Abayeta known widely as Maxwell Peter has been named among the top 30 online fraudsters in the USA. The suspect who was arrested and extradited to the US in August last year has been indicted and charged with wire fraud, money laundering, …