Ghana: Fake Military Man Arrested for Defrauding People

Fake soldier
Fake soldier

Accra, October 4, 2017//-A 33-year-old man who claimed to be a member of the Ghana Armed Forces and defrauded 10 people to the tune of GHC19,400, has been arrested by the Police iat Nsawam in the Eastern Region.

The Police say Anthony Nana Wiafe told his victims that he is a member of the country’s Air Force and Military, hence he could help them enlist in the Ghana Armed Forces based on which the victims paid the amount to him.

According to the Police, Wiafe failed to deliver on his promise and went into hiding. Two residents, Emelia Odame and Alfred Asante of Kwesi Nyarko, a community near Nsawam, later arrested the suspect from his hideout with the help of a police officer on October 2.

Some military accoutrements were retrieved from the suspect during a search conducted on him at his hideout, the Police told TV3.

The police has advised the public to use approved mediums of getting enlisted into any of the security services. 3news.com

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