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A police officer who allegedly collected 70,000 ¢ from a Chinese national on the pretext of dropping a case investigated by the Economic and Organized Crime Bureau (EOCO) appeared in a circuit court in Accra.
Cyril Lumor Frank, dismissed from the Ghana Police Service for misconduct, was on the dock along with two others.
He and his accomplices Mark Fuakye and Prosper Kwashie Sossie of Energy Bank Ghana Limited have been posing as EOCO chief Charles Ofori to defraud the Chinese.
Mr. Lumor Frank and his accomplice are jointly charged with conspiracy.
He has also been charged with fraud, money laundering and identity theft.
Their pleas have not been retained and will reappear on February 25th.
The court chaired by Jane Harriet Akweley Quaye admitted the accused to pay a deposit of 70,000 ¢ with two bonds each. Guarantees must have a paid professional activity and must not earn less than 1,500 ¢.
The court ordered the defendants to report to EOCO from Monday to Friday morning. He further instructed the prosecution to put order in their house.
The prosecution recounted that the defendants had imitated Charles Ofori, an EOCO officer, to swindle Jianhua Chen, a Chinese, for 70,000 ¢.
According to the prosecution, the three accused had received 65,000 ¢ earlier and shared it with each other. On February 6 of this year, Frank was arrested when he went to get the balance, 5,000 ¢.
The prosecution said preliminary investigations had revealed that the three defendants had told Jianhua Chen that they could help stop an investigation by EOCO into its activities.
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