Former Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) K.K. Amoah has parried the contents of a video which presents him in bad light.
He said one Kevin Ekow Taylor, the originator of the video, made wild, baseless and defamatory allegations against him on his ‘With All Due Respect’ platform.
The falsehood, according to the former EOCO boss, started with the allegation that Lawyer Ace Anan Ankomah is his nephew.
“That’s an absolute lie. There is neither family nor blood relations between us, except that we are from the same town. Lawyer Ankomah never referred any case, including that of Horizon, to me or EOCO during my stewardship,” he stated.
Charles Darko
He said on or about 16th February, 2018, one Charles Darko was arrested for money laundering following a report from the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) which, contrary to Kevin Taylor’s falsehoods, is an independent statutory body and not a part of EOCO.
FIC had frozen the account into which certain monies had been received. And Charles Darko claimed the money he had received was from a company called Just Gold, to purchase houses from him, the former EOCO boss explained.
“We were not convinced and, therefore, charged him with money laundering and tax evasion. The High Court convicted him of tax evasion but acquitted him of money laundering because, as the court held, there was no predicate offence,” he said in the statement, adding “upon his acquittal, however, he applied to the court to remove the FIC’s freezing order over his account.”
No Money Paid
K.K.Amoah said “no $600,000 or any part of it was paid to me. I am also not aware that any such payment was made to anyone in EOCO. Also, the allegation that it was EOCO that introduced Charles Darko to lawyer Augustines Obuor is false. It was in the course of investigations that it emerged that lawyer Obuor had been Charles Darko’s lawyer for several years before that arrest.”
“That arrest and prosecution had nothing to do with NAM 1 or Menzgold. There was no connection between them at that time. And the name Horizon did not even come up in the course of that matter,” he stressed.
BoG, EOCO Meeting
After about three meetings held between Bank of Ghana (BoG) and EOCO at EOCO head office during which the BoG complained about the activities of certain companies including Menzgold for taking deposits without licence, he recalled “EOCO commenced investigations into those companies. On or about 10th August 2018, EOCO arrested NAM 1 and about four other people for operating deposit-taking businesses without a licence.”
Source: Daily Guide
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In fact the blackmailing and lies in the country is getting out of hands that some people must be careful of their lives! you just can't use social media to spew your igno*rance to destroy somebody's hard earned reputation! God is against that and it is called false witness in the Bible which has punishment! and some people think they can get away with it now but what about the future have they thought of that? God has so many ways to punish people and we must be careful with whatever we do ! think of your old age not your youthful days since everyone has been a youth before but not old age so if you are in the process of your youthful age think of your old age how that is gonna be and live a decent life ! some people live in their old ages with bed sores all over and no one to take care you forget who you did when a youth. Some others live in wet beds with no one to change them and some even can't walk and no food or water to eat or drink have you thought of that? the little sin you cause to yourselves in your youthful age will wait for you when you grow old ! Keep on lying about others,insult and say all sorts of nasty things about others they are all waiting for you in your old age, during that time there is no i said it for political talks ! It is better to do good and live a decent life and enjoy your old age with dignity than to do bad, evil and suffer during your old age when there will be nobody there for you ! FOOD FOR THOUGHT to those who think they will never grow old so are doing ridiculous things to hurt others !