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According to official records, at least 200 million cedis were locked up in Menzgold, an investment firm now considered a Ponzi scheme.
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta revealed it during a meeting with army officers in which the president, Nana Akufo-Addo, was present.
This information, which answered a question, reveals for the first time the extent of the loss suffered by Menzgold's customers after an undisclosed number of them bought the money by paying between 7% and 10% of returns on special gold collectibles purchased. and deposited with the company.
The question of an army officer also opens a gap on the level of involvement of security officers in this case that would have attracted a wide range of Ghanaians, including religious leaders.
Menzgold's CEO, Nana Appiah Mensah, is currently in a jail in Dubai.
Already 53 soldiers in January 2019 sued Menzgold Ghana Limited for failing to repay $ 2.5 million in investments.
The company began to collapse in September 2019 after the Securities and Exchange Commission ordered it to end its activities in the "gold" dealerships.
Menzgold's CEO Nana Appiah Mensah has escaped the UAE but has been arrested by the Dubai authorities and is being tried for a case that went wrong.
The finance minister, who described some Menzgold clients as greedy, said the government was liquidating Nana Appiah Mensah's badets in order to repay its customers.
The Chair, Nana Akufo-Addo, reiterated to the Committee that he hoped that Ghanaians would be cautious when investing in companies, especially when the regulators warned him to do so. do not do it, as was the case for Menzgold.
This is the second consecutive day that the president has expressed on Menzgold's question after a long silence. He broke this silence Thursday when presenting the speech on the state of the nation in Parliament.
While he was delivering his speech, Menzgold's clients had demonstrated in front of Parliament as they pursued their sustained strategy of demonstrations.
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