{"id":368618,"date":"2017-11-06T12:20:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T12:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=368618"},"modified":"2017-11-06T12:20:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T12:20:54","slug":"ibrahim-mahamas-name-pops-up-in-paradise-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/ibrahim-mahamas-name-pops-up-in-paradise-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibrahim Mahama’s name pops up in ‘Paradise Papers’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ibrahim Mahama, brother of Ghana\u2019s ex-President, John Dramani Mahama, has been named in leaked documents which capture some affluent people worldwide who have hidden their monies in offshore accounts.<\/p>\n

According to the leak dubbed \u201cParadise Papers\u201d and put together by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Ibrahim Mahama, had planned to open two different accounts in 2013 with international offshore law firm Appleby, but ended up opening just one.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”gPChYovSubmzpYRXvJwaqX7oTKEsnn0v”]The report stated that, Ibrahim Mahama, Chief Executive Officer of Engineers and Planners, opened the account in the name of Red Sky Aviation Limited which has a $7 million Bombadier Challenger jet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2013, representatives of Mahama and his contracting company Engineers and Planners Company Limited contacted Appleby about creating two offshore companies in the Isle of Man but ended up creating only one. That company, Red Sky Aviation Limited, was used to hold a $7 million Bombardier Challenger jet.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Paradise Papers, Ibrahim Mahama\u2019s companies were ranked by Appleby as \u201chigh risk\u201d companies because of the owner\u2019s relationship with former Ghanaian leader, John Mahama.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second company was intended for “consulting services in the oil and gas mining infrastructure development, and real estate sectors of the Ghanaian economy.”<\/p>\n

Appleby ranked Mahama and his companies as a high risk due to his relationship to the then-president, and allegations in\u00a0Ghanaian media that government funds were being used to repay the company\u2019s multi-million-dollar bank loan.\u201d<\/p>\n

ICIJ in the report however noted that, when Ibrahim Mahama’s company was contacted on the issue, they “denied any wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA representative of Engineers & Planners Company Limited declined to respond to specific questions and told ICIJ that there was nothing illegal in the use of offshore companies,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n

Paradise Papers: Tax haven secrets of ultra-rich exposed<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0huge new leak of financial documents has revealed how the powerful and ultra-wealthy, including the Queen of England’s private estate, secretly invest vast amounts of cash in offshore tax havens.<\/p>\n

America’s President, Donald Trump\u2019s commerce secretary, is shown to have a stake in a firm dealing with Russians sanctioned by the US.<\/p>\n

The leak, dubbed the Paradise Papers, contains 13.4m documents, mostly from one leading firm in offshore finance. BBC Panorama is part of nearly 100 media groups investigating the papers.<\/p>\n

As with last year\u2019s Panama Papers leak, the documents were obtained by the German newspaper S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung, which called in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) to oversee the investigation.<\/p>\n

EOCO chases Ibrahim Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ibrahim Mahama has been hot this year, 2017, after he was ordered in April to pay about GHc12 million<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for duty on goods he cleared with dud cheques in 2015 plus interest.<\/p>\n

Panama papers<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2016, a similar report was released which captured thousands of wealthy people who have hidden their treasures in offshore accounts.<\/p>\n

The report named the sons ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, as some Ghanaians who operated such accounts.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve done no wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n

A private legal practitioner, Ace Ankomah<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, at the time explained that, such persons cited in the operation of foreign accounts, have committed no offence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe existence of a tax haven is in itself not wrong\u201d but \u201cit is believed that such accounts are used for all kinds of nefarious activities; money laundering, tax avoidance among others,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

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

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