Fake Doctor Arrested by police in Adabraka

A 36-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly parading himself as a doctor form the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) and succeeded in defrauding several people of monies running into thousands of both local and foreign currencies.
Among his victims are wine shop owners, car dealers, dealers in computer, air conditioners, mobile phone dealers and operators of boutiques and supermarkets.
Currently, there are more than 20 cases of fraud lodged against him at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters and some local police stations.
The suspect, Alvin Fiifi Mensah, alias Dr Collins Amoah, who had been on the police wanted list for some years now, was finally arrested at a Guest House within the Regimanuel Grey Estates on the Spintex Road on Tuesday, January 22, 20I3 following a tip off.
At the time of his arrest he was allegedly found to be in the room with a woman.
A number of his victims thronged the Adabraka Police Station in Accra upon hearing of his arrest.
The Director-General of the CID, Commissioner of Police (COP) Mr Prosper Agblor, immediately directed the transfer of the suspect to the CID headquarters for further investigations.
According to the Adabraka District Crime Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Ebenezer Nketsiah, the suspect was arrested, following complaints made by five women who dealt in wine and other foreign drinks.
He said the five victims lost various amounts totalling GHc50,000 to the suspect.
Mr Nketiah said the owner of a wine shop at the 37 Military Hospital area lost GH¢32,000, Say Cheers Wine Shop, GH¢4,4I0, Mawu Drinkables at West Legon, GH¢I0,I00, a wine shop at Dzorwulu GH¢2,!52.
He  explained that the suspect, who often introduced himself as Dr Collins Amoah, usually operated every Friday moving from one wine shop to the other in Accra.
According to Mr Nketiah, the suspect would often take a quantity of drinks from his unsuspecting victims for a party by doctors at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
The suspect, he said, would then issue post-dated cheques to his victims after collecting  boxes of wine and champaigne.
Mr Nketiah said the cheques were often dishonoured upon presentation at the banks.
He said the suspect allegedly admitted committing the offence in his caution statement to the police and indicated that after collecting the drinks he (suspect) sold them at cheaper prices.