The Adentan Circuit Court has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of NAM 1, the former chief executive of the defunct Menzgold and two others after they failed to appear in court to face fraud charges leveled against them.
Gabriel Kwamigah (alias Gabby) and Eric Amponsah Bediako, commonly known as Cana, are the other two people being sought. They’ve been accused with defrauding by false pretenses conspiracy.
The court had issued an order a bench warrant for the arrest of NAM 1 and the other two accused persons on Tuesday (2 November) to appear before it on Thursday, but they did not show up.
Yaw Dankwah, counsel for the three men, told the court that his clients were “unavailable.” As a result, Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo, the police investigator, informed the court that the accused persons had rebuffed many police invites.
“They have never been arrested. They have never been cautioned, yet the police have come to court with four counts of charges again them,” Mr. Dankwah complained.
The Adentan Circuit Court ordered for the arrest of NAM 1 and the other accused persons who had failed to appear before it to show up for proceedings.
This was after the Court had earlier issued a criminal summons to be served on them. The accused person did not honour the invitation. The matter was put on hold indefinitely.
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Mr. Appiah Mensah had previously been slapped with 13 counts of defrauding by pretenses, money laundering, abetment, and carrying on deposit-taking business without license contrary to Section 6 (1) of the Banks Specialised Deposit-taking Institutions Act, 2016 (Act 930).
This was after he was accused of defrauding 16,000 customers of about GHS 1.68 billion.
Story by Marian Ankrah
