Anas Aremeyaw Anas Imposter nabbed

A 27-year-old man, Joseph Osei, who allegedly blackmailed some companies by using the name of the company of the ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Tiger Eye Productions, has been arrested by the police.
The suspect is alleged to have extorted GH¢12,200 from two companies in Accra and Tema under the pretext of using the money to halt secret investigations which would be carried out by he and Anas into the activities of those companies.
 According to the Crime Officer of the Adabraka Police Command, DSP Mr Ebenezer Nketiah, Osei extorted GH¢2,000 from his first victim and GH¢10,200  from his second victim.
He said it was believed that the suspect had defrauded several people under the guise of working with Mr Anas to expose their activities.
Mr Nketiah said although the suspect, who claimed to be a freelance journalist, had been moving from one part of the country to another to extort money from companies after blackmailing them into believing that he, with Anas’s assistance, was conducting investigations into their activities.
He said the suspect had forged the letterheads and logos of Tiger Eye Productions which he (suspect) used to facilitate his fraudulent deals.
He said some time last year, the suspect approached one of the companies with the information that Mr Anas had put the spotlight on that company and that its activities would soon be exposed.
Mr Nketiah said Osei then requested for some money to induce Mr Anas to stop further investigations into the company.
He said the suspect, when he was invited by the company under investigation, produced the fake letterheads from Tiger Eye to substantiate his claim.
He explained that it was under such circumstances that the suspect was given GH¢10,200 to be given to Anas to stop the investigations.
According to Mr Nketiah, just after receiving the GH¢10,200 from the Tema-based company, the suspect sent a threatening text message to its chief executive officer  (CEO) demanding more money or be painted as a supporter of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who was working to undermine the NDC government.
At that stage, he said, the CEO, whose name was being withheld for security reasons, realised that the suspect was out to defraud him and, therefore, reported the matter to the police.
He said the suspect was arrested when he went to the CEO’s office to collect the additional money he had demanded.