{"id":368073,"date":"2017-11-03T17:23:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T17:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=368073"},"modified":"2017-11-03T17:23:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T17:23:14","slug":"fake-soldier-wanted-for-defrauding-man-of-gh%c2%a228-000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=368073","title":{"rendered":"Fake soldier wanted for defrauding man of GH\u00a228, 000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police are on a manhunt for a 28-year-old man, Francis Boakye, who allegedly defrauded a\u00a0 man of an amount of\u00a0GH\u00a228, 000, whilst pretending to be a member of the military.<\/p>\n

According to a statement from the Ghana Police Service, the complainant was duped by the suspect into paying the said amount with the hope of securing a place in the armed forces.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”Aa57GhYbJxCMmgng3PLRREwLjJaE6xhL”]The statement from the police, signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, ASP Effia Tenge, described the suspect as dark in complexion, twenty-seven (27) years old, stands at five feet, nine inches tall, slightly built and has a tribal mark on his right cheek.<\/p>\n

“He was last seen on 15th October, 2015 in a Red Burberry Shirt,” the police added.<\/p>\n

There are reports that the suspect is hiding out in and around, Swedru, Kumasi and Accra.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody with information on his whereabouts should report to the Community 18 District Police Station, or call telephone numbers 0544 -343149 or 020-9310493, the Police Crime Fighters MTN\/Vodafone Toll-Free Number, 18555 for rapid response,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

\"suspect\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Fake landlord wanted<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Police are also searching for\u00a0a 28-year-old man, who\u00a0reportedly posed as a landlord, and extorted an amount of GHc 31, 000 from a potential tenant.<\/p>\n

According to the Police, the suspect, Nana Yaw, collected the amount from the complainant on the pretence of renting him a two-bedroom apartment at Tema in February.<\/p>\n

A warrant\u00a0has\u00a0since been issued by a Magistrate Court in Accra for Nana Yaw\u2019s arrest after he bolted with the money.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police are on a manhunt for a 28-year-old man, Francis Boakye, who allegedly defrauded a\u00a0 man of an amount of\u00a0GH\u00a228, 000, whilst pretending to be a member of the military. According to a statement from the Ghana Police Service, the complainant was duped by the suspect into paying the said amount with the hope of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[172,1223,1285],"class_list":["post-368073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-top-stories","tag-fraud","tag-ghana-police-service","tag-wanted"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=368073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=368073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=368073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=368073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}