The police in Osu, a district in central Accra,
Ghana have arrested a 38-year-old Nigerian,
Dennis Ndukwu, for alleging forging signatures of
Ghana's Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, Finance
Minister, Seth Terkper and other top government
staffs, to defraud a foreign investor to the tune of
150,000 dollars.
According to Local media outlets, Dennis and his
gang's fraudulent operations were uncovered in
June this year after they tired to withdraw a huge
amount of money from the investor's account.
The police said Dennis and his gang, through
internet hacking, got to know about challenges
being faced by the victim, a Vietnamese investor
who had invested over 8.5 million dollars in
Ghana. Dennis allegedly introduced himself to
the investor, Le Van Khiem, as the secretary to
the chief of staff, Julius Debrah, and revealed that
he can use the high office to assist him.
Various documents purportedly signed by the
chief of staff and the finance minister Seth
Terkper were produced and this convinced the
victim to give his personal items including his
visa card and code to Dennis and his gang to
enable them withdraw $100,000 from his account
to aid the process.
The unusual withdrawal attracted his bankers’
suspicion to raise query on the account and
block it. However, they were still able to get the
victim to part with several thousands of dollars. It
was during the withdrawal of the last portion of
the money transfer that Dennis was arrested.
He has now confessed to the crime and
mentioned one Robert Amuzu as an accomplice.
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