A retired police officer who first arrested, investigated, and prosecuted Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM1) for fraud in 2012, Corporal David Normanyo, has said if the now-embattled Menzgold Ghana Limited CEO had been jailed at that time, several thousands of innocent investor would not have had their monies locked up with the troubled gold-trading firm as is the case at the moment.
According to him, no sooner had he retired from the service a year later than the case against NAM1, in which he defrauded 53 people within the Weija enclave through a company known as SF Gold Ghana Limited, for which he was being prosecuted in court, lost steam and frittered eventually.
Recounting the arrest of NAM1 on Class91.3FM’s mid-day news, 12Live on Monday, 14 January 2018, Corporal Normanyo said: “Somewhere in 2012, I was then a police officer as a detective at the Weija police station, which we popularly called SCC.
“The investigation led to the arrest of Nana Appiah Mensah and one other person, William Atsu Tekpor. After investigations, we found evidence that they actually conspired to defraud the complainants and, so, we accordingly charged them for defrauding by false pretences and they were put before Circuit Court 9 in Accra.
“The case was ongoing and a year later, I exited the police service, and, so, I stopped following the case but when this Menzgold issue popped up, I tried to find out who was behind it and it turned out to be this same gentleman, and, so, I found out from my colleagues at Weija district what happened to that case and I was told they stopped going to the court.
“A bench warrant was issued for his arrest and, so, that meant that as far back as 2013, the police had a bench warrant issued for the arrest of this guy. I don’t know why he was not arrested and he went on to do what he has done now.
“It is pathetic and I believe strongly that if that case was pursued to its logical conclusion, that guy would have been put in jail and he wouldn’t have been able to scam over 60,000 Ghanaians, millions of dollars. It’s unfortunate”.
Explaining the modus operandi of NAM1 back then, Corporal Normanyo said: “He [NAM1] got people to pay various sums of money to him under the pretext of buying and selling Brilliance, a Chinese saloon car, to them on hire purchase.
“So, he will take a percentage of the sum of the cost of the car and he would never deliver the car. He went even to the extent that people who did not even see the car were made to pay comprehensive insurance premium to his company…”
Stating the particular case he investigated, Corporal Normanyo alleged that: “Nana Appiah Mensah got a room in Dansoman and rented it to multiple prospective tenants. He also styled himself as a football agent and collected monies from young guys who said they wanted to play football. He promised to promote them but didn’t…”
Quizzed as to why NAM1 was not arrested in 2013 despite the issuance of a bench warrant, Corporal Normanyo responded: “He became so powerful and had a lot of resources under his command. He is a very smart guy, he’s able to use the institutions.”
Nana Appiah Mensah’s Menzgold Company Limited has not been able to pay its thousands of clients’ extra values and principals since August 2018 after Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shut it down over regulatory infractions.
Several demonstrations from frustrated clients have led Ghanaian authorities to issue a warrant for the CEO’s arrest.
Source: classfmonline.com
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every cr1m1nal is deemed smart. the guy is a cr1m1nal that should have been behind bars long ago but due to the corrupt system we have.
No one will pay a dime to this greedy f00000ls who went to put monies in this Ponzi scheme against every sound advice and warning. Including monies that does not belong to them! As greedy as they are, they were making money secretly on these monies that were kept with them and cheating in the process. They said BOG was jealous of NAM1 and that govt was collapsing Ghanaian business! this is the reward for greed. This will be a lesson.
OBAMA SAID WEAK INSTITUTIONS ARE OUR PROBLEMS AND INDEED HE WAS RIGHT.BOTH PAST AND PRESENT GOVERNMENT CANNOT WEAN THEMSELVES FROM THIS MESS. AND THE EARLIER THEY COME TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTION TO THOSE MASSES WHOSE CASH HAVE BEEN LOCKED-UP THE BETTER. PROF. GYAMPO RECENTLY SAID, THIS GOVERNMENT THINKS THEY KNOW EVERYTHING YET NOTHING AND HE SEEMS RIGHT. WHAT IS GOING ON IN MY MOTHERLAND, GHANA?THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IS SITUATED IN ACCRA,BOG RIGHT IN ACCRA,SEC HEAD OFFICE IN ACCRA AND MENGOLD ALSO IN ACCRA AND NONE SAW THESE COMING, GO AND ASK HOW MUCH THOSE DIRECTORS ARE TAKING AT THE MONTH AND YOU KILL YOURSELF YET NO WORK DONE.GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE READY TO PART TAXPAYER'S MONEY IN THE SENSE THAT GHANA POLICE WILL NEVER WARN ME IF FOUND DRIVING WITHOUT LICENCE RATHER ARREST ME, SIEZE THE CAR AND SEND TO THE POLICE STATION AND TO COURT. GIVING WARNING WAS NOT ENOUGH, WHICH ENOUGHS WENT IN AGAIN AFTERWARDS, LAXITY BE THIS.
And NDC still has mouth to talk in this matter, blaming everybody else except themselves! 1ncompetence indeed!
Pls Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom Gold Coast Securities and GN Bank has also defrauded by false pretence. Thousands of investors have had their monies locked up since last year. Paa kwesi Nduom must also be arrested now
We have a number of these Companies around who are defrauding people. One of such Companies is Crypto- rise Investment. The husband of the CEO of this Company is a National Security Head who reside in Trasaco in East Legon, Accra. Government need to investigate her because she has defrauded a number of people.
At times I begin to wonder whether there is a future for the country, institutions are simply not working. If it were to be working, how come with such a record, he was able to set up another company just 3 years later without been noticed and arrested immediately based on his criminal background.
Still the average and even the learned Ghanaian will NOT LEAN sense! We Piram & his brother in the 90's, DKM and the likes JUST recently but GREED will not allow Ghanaians learn. We are likely to hear the SAME THING tomorrow because the average person in Ghana wants to get rich QUICK!
This tells you the type of country we live in. We're not safe at all. Does bench warrant expires?
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