EOCO, EUROPOL FREEZE $15.1 MILLION IN CRYPTOCURRENCY LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT SCAM

A Chinese-Malaysian criminal syndicate is alleged to have defrauded victims in Ghana and the United Kingdom of an estimated $15.1 million through a fake online investment platform, according to investigators. The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), working in collaboration with Europol and using advanced blockchain tracking technology, successfully traced the movement of the stolen…

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Afari Military Hospital: $85m claim ‘fraudulent’, pay outstanding $500,000 — Minority to gov’t

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has urged government to drop what it terms a “fraudulent” $85 million claim and release an outstanding $500,000 to clear the way for the completion of the Afari Military Hospital in the Ashanti Region. The project, initiated in 2008 under the government of former President John A. Kufuor, was conceived…

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