Tag: Fraud
Children with cancer scammed out of millions fundraised for their treatment, BBC finds
Warning: Disturbing content A little boy faces the camera. He is pale and has no hair. "I am seven years…
Ghanaian social media figure Abu Trica indicted in US over alleged $8m romance scam
A Ghanaian man known online as Abu Trica has been indicted by a US federal grand jury for allegedly taking…
Marketing officer jailed 12 years in absentia for vehicle fraud
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a marketing officer, Kwabena Osei Bonsu, to 12 years’ imprisonment in absentia for defrauding…
UK imposes 10-year ban on 1,632 Ghanaians after visa-fraud crackdown
The United Kingdom has issued entry bans against 1,632 Ghanaian nationals found to have used fraudulent methods to obtain UK…
Government vows prosecution after uncovering $31bn import-fraud scheme
Government says it has uncovered a massive import-fraud scheme that enabled importers, banks and intermediaries to move an estimated US…
Car dealer granted bail over vehicle fraud
A 50-year-old car dealer has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court over an alleged GHC600,000 vehicle fraud. Yakubu…