{"id":35930,"date":"2014-07-31T13:28:55","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T13:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=35930"},"modified":"2014-07-31T14:27:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T14:27:31","slug":"kessben-remanded-in-police-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/kessben-remanded-in-police-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Kessben remanded in police custody"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Director of the Kessben Group of Companies, Kwabena Kesse has been remanded in police custody by the\u00a0 Circuit Court One of the Cocoa Affairs Court<\/b><\/em>\u00a0in Accra.<\/p>\n He was charged on<\/span><\/span> two counts of money laundering and forgery of documents.<\/p>\n According to the State Prosecutor, Superintendent<\/span><\/span> Francis Baah, the accused used false documents to ship money amounting to over $127 million to countries like Hong Kong, China, Thailand, etc.<\/p>\n Supt. Baah<\/span><\/span> further prayed the court to give the prosecution more time to finish with investigations.<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019He pleaded with the court to remand Mr. Kesse,\u2019\u2019 Citi News<\/strong> reporter, Umaru Sanda Amadu said.<\/p>\n Amadu explained that lawyer<\/span><\/span> for the accused, Carl Adongo argued that the money was used for import and the goods are in the country.<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019He also argued that the offences<\/span><\/span> which are forgery and money laundering are bailable.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n But Justice Obiri Boahene ruled that Mr. Kwabena Kesse be remanded until August 7, 2014.<\/p>\n The Bureau of National Investigations, BNI on Wednesday arrested the Director of Kessben Group of Companies for alleged fraud and money laundering.<\/p>\n Mr. Kesse is the Director of the Kessben Group of Companies: Kessben 93.3 FM, Kessben TV, Kessben Travel and Tours, Kessben Driving School, Kessben Shipping and Forwarding Ltd, Kessben Computer School, Fosua Hotel and Aseda Clinic. He is also the majority share-holder<\/span><\/span> in Multi Credit Savings and Loans Ltd.<\/p>\n By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Director of the Kessben Group of Companies, Kwabena Kesse has been remanded in police custody by the\u00a0 Circuit Court One of the Cocoa Affairs Court\u00a0in Accra. He was charged on two counts of money laundering and forgery of documents. According to the State Prosecutor, Superintendent Francis Baah, the accused used false documents to ship […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,38],"yoast_head":"\n