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| Nana Afriyie |
NANA AFRIYIE, a self-styled businessman has been arrested by officers from the Documentation and Visa Fraud Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters for the role he played in defrauding a British investor while his accomplice, Jerry Williams is on the run.
The 38-year-old man, under the guise of partnering the investor in the export of gold, ended up defrauding him of a colossal amount of $87,000 being seed capital he received to run Express Capital Investment Ghana Limited.
A 2005 Toyota Sequoia which was assigned to the company was as well used for personal gains instead of office work.
The suspect has since not made any effort to either return the car to the investor or refund the $87,000 which was being contested in court.
Afriyie was arrested on Wednesday, October 15, 2012.
He has since been arraigned and remanded by an Accra Circuit Court to reappear on Wednesday October 24, 2012.
The British investor, developed interest in investing in the country and discussed his intention with one Nadine Hararaim in the UK, where he lived.
Nadine, after listening to his friend, introduced him to Nana Afriyie, who was now the suspect, as a royal from Ghana, suggesting he was capable of helping him to venture into any business in Ghana.
Armed with this information, the investor eventually came to Ghana to meet suspect Afriyie.
Afriyie discussed several businesses booming in the country to the investor.
The two finally settled on gold business because it was more lucrative.
With no qualms to worry about, the investor began to finance the incorporation of the Express Capital Investment Ghana Limited for the smooth running of the business.
Afriyie, on his part, introduced one Stella to the investor that she owned a gold concession and could supply them with gold for export.
The con man, allegedly, asked the investor to give him money for the purchase of gold with a promise to export to Americas for sale to yield more profit to run their business.
Even though he renegaded on his commitment, the accused, who got the investor convinced, kept asking for more money and took a total of $87,000 from him to buy 4kg of gold.
The amount was paid in two installments; the suspect took $45,000 while his runaway accomplice, Jerry Williams collected $42,000 on his behalf.
The investor, having suspected that he might be dealing with a fraudster decided to retrieve all his investments, including the car.
After several fruitless attempts, he decided to report to the police, leading to the arrest of Afriyie.
Afriyie has since made two appearances at the court and would re-appear on Wednesday.
The Deputy Director of the Documentation and Visa Fraud Unit, ASP Seth Sewornu confirmed the story and a said investigation into the matter was on-going.
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