An Accra Circuit Court has remanded a 54-year-old pastor for allegedly stealing a Honda Civic valued at GH¢180,000. Pastor Hammond Love has also been charged with forging documents covering the vehicle. He has denied both allegations. Police Chief Inspector Ebenezer Teye Okuffo told the Court that the complainant, Mr Daniel Baidoo, a businessman at SCC Weija, was introduced to Pastor Love at Weija in October […]
Parliament has referred a special audit report on GH¢68.7 billion in government arrears and payables to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for investigation after the exercise uncovered suspected irregularities, falsified records and questionable payment claims. The report, presented to Parliament on Tuesday, March 10, was submitted by the Ministry of Finance through the Deputy Finance […]
The Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has formally retracted and apologised to the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, over claims that the 2025/2026 recruitment exercises into the security services were fraught with a scam. He said he regretted any impression that his earlier comments had injured the reputation of the Minister. “I want to state […]
Self-styled evangelist cum former fetish priestess Patricia Asiedua, widely known as Nana Agradaa, has been convicted by the Accra Circuit Court for charlatanic advertisement and defrauding by false pretences. The conviction follows her promotion of a fraudulent money-doubling scheme that misled congregants of the Godsway International Heaven Church into surrendering their money during an all-night […]
A Singaporean businessman, Toh You Kang, has dropped a bombshell in court filings, alleging that he invested $1.5 million in the 2024 campaign of Ghana’s National Democratic Congress (NDC), following advice and persuasion from the party’s Greater Accra Regional Chairman and former Adentan MP, Emmanuel Nii Ashie-Moore. According to Kang, the substantial sum was used to […]
A Singaporean entrepreneur, Toh You Kang, has filed a human rights lawsuit at the Human Rights Division of the High Court in Accra, demanding GH¢20 million in damages from Ghanaian politician and businessman, Emmanuel Nii Ashie-Moore for contract fraud. The suit, which includes a 66-paragraph affidavit, accuses Ashie-Moore of orchestrating a scheme that led to Kang’s prolonged […]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has cautioned the public against engaging with two digital financial service providers — YellowPay and HanyPay — for operating without the necessary licenses and regulatory approvals in Ghana. In a public notice dated June 10, 2025, the central bank flagged YellowPay, a product of Yellow Card Financial Inc., for promoting itself […]
The Deputy Attorney General has revealed that investigators probing ghost names in the National Service Scheme (NSS) have submitted a damning report identifying 22 individuals responsible for the alleged theft of over GH¢560 million. Dr Justice Srem Sai, speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express on Wednesday, disclosed that this is just one part of a broader […]
The Bank of Ghana has reported a sharp 33% increase in staff involvement in fraudulent activities across the banking and specialised deposit-taking sector for the year 2024. According to its latest annual fraud report, 365 employees were implicated in various acts of financial misconduct—up from 274 recorded in 2023. The report, which covers banks and […]
The 62-year-old self-styled businesswoman who is being held for allegedly defrauding another businesswoman of $13,000 under various false pretences has been remanded again by the Madina District Court. This comes after the court, presided over by Abena Asoh Owusu-Omenyo, denied a bail application by the accused through her lawyers. According to the court, it was […]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has warned banks to desist from photocopying the National Identification Cards (Ghana Card) of their clients for transactions as such a practice would attract sanctions. According to the central bank, biometric verification remained the standard process for identity authentication. The Deputy Head of Financial Integrity of the BoG, Ashitei Trebi-Ollennu, […]
Among the various types of fraudulent activities recorded in banks in Ghana in 2023, five stood out and came atop. They were; cash theft, cyber/email fraud, fraudulent withdrawals from accounts, forgery and manipulation of documents, and cheque fraud. Of the five, cash theft emerged as the topmost fraud recording a loss value of GH¢14.8 million […]
