A constituency executive hopeful of the New Patriotic Party in the Subin Constituency of the Ashanti region has been busted for a seven hundred and forty-eight thousand cedis fraud.
Michael Asante is in the grips of the Ashanti region Police for posing as a self-styled lawyer, a travel agent, a senior attorney at the AG’s department, an associate to the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation and a law lecturer of the KNUST.
The suspected fraudster who operates with the name Michael Yaw Antwi Boasiako has already declared his intention to contest for the party’s constituency organiser slot for Subin when the party opens nominations.
For the past ten years, Michael Asante is alleged to have taken monies ranging from five thousand to forty thousand Cedis to secure his unsuspecting clients admission into public universities and into the security forces.
His arrest followed a fraudulent transaction he entered into with two contractors whom he promised to secure contracts with the Tema Oil Refinery.
Addressing the media, the Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Juliana Obeng narrated, “He introduced himself to two contractors as a special assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Company with the promise that he could secure them contracts to build oil tanks for the Tema Oil Refinery. He asked the two contractors to pay him an amount of 695 thousand Ghana Cedis to facilitate the process but he failed to honor his promise and went into hiding.
The two mentioned the issue to a national security operative who managed to arrest him at Fumesua and handed him over to the police.”
ASP Obeng added, “In the course of investigations, others who heard of his arrest, have reported to the regional CID and complained that suspect Michael Asante under the same guise collected various sums of money ranging from five thousand cedis to forty thousand Cedis to assist in enlisting them into any of the security services, securing them admissions into tertiary institutions and securing them jobs in the ministries and agencies.”
Ultimate News’ Isaac Badiako Justice also reports that his checks suggest that the suspect uses pictures he has taken with former president John Agyekum Kuffour, Former Asante Mampong MP and onetime presidential hopeful Francis Addai Nimo and the former MP for Subin Isaac Osei to convince his clients of the power he wields within the corridors of power.
The arrest comes weeks after the acting Ashanti regional organiser of the New Patriotic Party Daniel Agyenim Boateng was picked up by the Tafo Pankorano Divisional and District Police headquarters for allegedly taking GH₵2,000 each from five persons and GH₵700 from two others to secure them jobs in the public sector.
Source: starrfmonline.com
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These are the people ruling us. Corrupt and ***barred word***. Broad daylight robbers. Telling us they are not corrupt. They are not ***barred word***. These are their party members. We are all seeing it. Claiming to be what they are not. Shame!!!!!!
@eiii, if it was NDC they wouldnt have arrested him so it shows clearly that NPP isnt in power to tolerate corruption and bribery. @kkd, any wise person will know that you took in some weed before commenting and it is working perfectly in ur favour. You wished ur mum had met an ashanti to fu#c*k her before given birth to u bt u never had that so it has turn to unwise hatred. I wont be surprised if am told u would have given this guy money to get u admission to a school cos ur IQ isnt weork. Any mentally stable person who get a good results and qualifies for a tertiary school wont pay money but buy forms and follow the procedure. Most of the fake doctors caught were ga's and voltarians but that doesn't mean all voltarians/ga's are like them, wise up kkd
Those who paid him monies should be arrested as well. They should know giving money to someone else to secure jobs and favors without going through the right process is bribery.
these ashantes and their greed and love for illegal money.most of these ashante men and women have become a self-styled pastors overnight and rubbing gullible people of their hard earned monies.meanwhile,they obey the occultic rules of their occultic king osei tutu the second so whom are you deceiving GOD almighty or yourselves? ***barred word*** ocultic peope.
NPP and fraud paa nie
I know him very well. He is my church member in Kumasi, Adum. He is a serial fraudster. He did similar thing in Cape Coast Hospital or university some years ago. I wonder how he was freed. It was also in the news. Please do further investigations on my claims. He is a big disgrace to the community and the government. He must be jailed to deter others.
waa jx look at his face bi. how can you collect monies as huge as 6billion old cedis and run away. are you mmmmad?ALL THESE ARE THE PEOPLE DISGRACING NANA AKUFFO ADDO AND THE NPP.
There is a guy too in Ashomang Estates taking money from people. He is a NPP guy we all knows, he said is being attched to Cocoa board but nothing, so we are looking at NPP as not a corrupt party