ALLEGED FRAUDSTER NABBED BY POLICE (PAGE 28)

June 26, 2009
Story: Mary Mensah
A 50-YEAR-OLD alleged fraudster, described by the police as very notorious, has been arrested by the Commercial Crime Unit (CCU) of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for bank fraud.
Niko Ahmed Ganyo, the suspect, was arrested at the Tesano branch of The Trust Bank where he was said to have gone to open a bank account with fictitious documents.
Superintendent Yaa Tiwaa, head of the unit, told the Daily Graphic that on June 18, 2009, at about 2.30 p.m., Niko went to the bank for a transaction and around that same time ASP Ebenezer Nketiah, who is in charge of operations at the CCU, also entered the bank.
On seeing the officer, Niko told the bank official that he had left something in his car which he wanted to pick, and quickly left the banking hall.
She said ASP Nketiah became suspicious that Niko might be up to something so he approached the bank official who attended to Niko to find out Niko’s mission at the bank.
It turned out that Niko had gone to the bank to open a new bank account but when the documents were presented to the bank official, he detected that Niko was opening the account with a different name.
He had used the name Christopher Adzrah and presented a passport bearing the name with his picture and a company registration document from the Registrar General bearing the name Clearing House Limited with Niko as the director of the company. Niko also presented a tenancy agreement document bearing the same name.
Supt Yaa Tiwaa said as soon as the police officer left the bank, Niko returned to continue with the process but he was arrested by the policemen on duty and handed over to the CCU for further investigations.
During interrogation Niko admitted that all the documents were fraudulent and that he was asked to open the account by a friend who was expecting some money from a business partner abroad.