Chief of Tefle arrested

Story: Albert K. Salia
A 53-year-old man, said to be the chief of Tefle in the Volta Region, has been arrested by the police for impersonation and forging of official documents.
Togbe Nelson Bribi alias Mcann Ambrose alias Edmund Munford alias Togbe Atsu Yao, the suspect, had acquired two different passports under two different names and opened two different bank accounts with the passports.
The two passports have also been found to have been officially issued to two other persons by the Passport Office.
A source close to the National Investment Bank (NIB) told the Daily Graphic yesterday that the suspect had gone to the Abeka branch of the bank on August 31, 2007 to withdraw GH¢2,300 (¢23 million).
It said in the course of processing the cheque, it was detected that the source of the cheque was a holder with an account at its Adenta branch.
According to the source, the name of the account holder at Adenta on its data was Mcann David Ambrose while the account at Abeka was Edmund Munford, but the pictures on its computer were the same.
The source said the bank became suspicious of the transaction and accordingly alerted the police to assist in the investigations.
It said the suspect was subsequently arrested because he had used different names and different passports to open the account.
The source said the investigations revealed that passport number H1828592 with which the suspect opened the Adenta account on July 5, 2007, had been officially issued to Jonathan Kabitey Okornor in February 2006.
According to the source, the passport with number H1139955 which the suspect used in opening the Abeka account on July 7, 2007, had also been issued to George Asenso in March 2003.
The source said during interrogation, the suspect mentioned his accomplice, Carvincal Lamberto alias Sampson Omeruah as opening the accounts for him to facilitate the receipt of money from abroad.
It said it was realised that the suspect used GH¢50 (¢500,000) to open the Abeka account and subsequently deposited GH¢5,000 (¢50 million) into the account but it was later withdrawn.
The source said in the first week of August this year, $5,000 was paid into the Abeka account from abroad and it was also withdrawn.
It said on August 29, 2007, GH¢2,300 (¢23 million) was again paid into the Abeka account.
The source said the suspect had then gone to withdraw it with a cheque issued from his Adenta account and it was through the course of verification that the bank suspected foul play.
It said the case had been referred to the Documentation and Visa Fraud Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for further investigations