{"id":362585,"date":"2017-10-17T11:55:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T11:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=362585"},"modified":"2017-10-17T11:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T11:55:53","slug":"eoco-arrests-2-ghanaians-for-money-laundering-romance-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/eoco-arrests-2-ghanaians-for-money-laundering-romance-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"EOCO arrests 2 Ghanaians for money laundering, romance scam"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested two Ghanaians and a UK-based accomplice over allegations of trade-based money laundering and romance fraud.<\/p>\n
According to EOCO, over 16 British have fallen victim to the fraud which involves about \u00a35 million<\/p>\n
The suspects, Moro Musah and Sabina Adzre, allegedly operate with UK-based Opoku Agyeman, who is believed to be a Ghanaian citizen.<\/p>\n
The two were arrested on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Addressing the media on the development, a Deputy Executive Director of EOCO in charge of Operations, Nana Antwi, said further investigations into the matter are ongoing.<\/p>\n
He said the one-year investigation was a collaboration between the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), NACOB, Police, and coordinated by EOCO as well as the UK’s National Crime Agency.<\/p>\n