{"id":665081,"date":"2019-07-26T15:54:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T15:54:06","guid":{"rendered":" <br><div>\n            <div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0275cb77-fb68-44b8-98d1-bc6d40b6e044_new-1-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"menzgold c"},"modified":"2019-07-26T15:54:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T15:54:06","slug":"forget-prosecution-focus-on-our-money-menzgold-clients-chant-at-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/26\/forget-prosecution-focus-on-our-money-menzgold-clients-chant-at-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget prosecution; focus on our money &#8211; Menzgold clients chant at court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/0275cb77-fb68-44b8-98d1-bc6d40b6e044_new-1-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"menzgold customers\" title=\"0275cb77-fb68-44b8-98d1-bc6d40b6e044_new (1)\"\/><\/div>\n<p>For several scores of Menzgold clients, there is no interest in the state\u2019s criminal prosecution of the CEO accused of defrauding them of millions.<\/p>\n<p>Their money first. Fred Forson, one of the leaders in the agitations to get their locked up investments back. Government has put the figure at 200million cedis.<\/p>\n<p>And this is what these clients who have come to the circuit court want government to remain focused on.<\/p>\n<p>That is why Kofi [not his real name], travelled from Kumasi to lurk around the circuit court in Accra and hear the outcome of day two of the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>At the first hearing, the police were keen to keep Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM1 from the public eye and basically sneaked him into the court so early: 6:30 am.<\/p>\n<p>Kofi explained to <strong>Joy News\u2019<\/strong> Joseph Ackah-Blay that at this second hearing, seeing NAM1 had a reassuring feeling that their cause will prevail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLo and Behold, I saw him when he was entering,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: Forced penetration: If a woman forces a man to have s3x, is that rape?<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9332452156477_9732343508603.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>He thanked God for NAM1\u2019s return from Dubai after he was wrongfully arrested but later acquitted of charges of defrauding a company Horizon Diamonds Royal DMCC in a $39m gold deal gone bad.<\/p>\n<p>That money can \u201cpay even 80% of the customers\u201d, he shared in the joy of the socialite\u2019s victory in court in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>The next step is staying out of cells in Ghana. And \u201cGod being so good to us, he has been granted bail\u201d, Kofi felt triumphant.<\/p>\n<p>As long as NAM1 is not in police cells and as long as he expects to get his money from the Dubai company back, \u201cI know for sure that our money will come into our pocket\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The only sentence he repeated twice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: NSS explains how personnel would be selected for service abroad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, Menzgold was not a Ponzi scheme, he insisted against the description of financial analysts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe he was doing a legitimate business\u201d, the man who said he was into mining at Tarkwa in the Western region.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining his understanding of NAM1\u2019s business, Kofi said NAM1 buys gold at a low price and sells it high on the world market.<\/p>\n<p>This helps him to pay the 7% to 10% monthly returns Menzgold promises its clients who deposit gold collectibles sold to them by another of NAM1\u2019s company, Brew Consult.<\/p>\n<p>Another customer much farther from Kofi\u2019s base in Kumasi was also in court. Kwasi, not his real name, said he came from Tarkwa in the Western region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: Video: Not even angels can stop cocoa smuggling in Ghana \u2013 Former Minister<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who murder have the right to be granted bail\u201d, he praised the bail decision.\u00a0The Dubai experience of NAM1 has proved he is innocent after staying in cells there for the six months of the trial, he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe needs support and that is why we came all the way from Tarkwa to this place\u201d, Kwasi revealed he was not alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are trusting good that after today, the processes will begin for a payment plan for customers to get our monies\u201d, he dreamed big.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Myjoyonline.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several scores of Menzgold clients, there is no interest in the state\u2019s criminal prosecution of the CEO accused of defrauding them of millions. Their money first. Fred Forson, one of the leaders in the agitations to get their locked up investments back. Government has put the figure at 200million cedis. 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