{"id":698385,"date":"2019-09-04T11:11:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T11:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Nana Appiah Mensah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woes of\nembattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah\nMensah, aka NAM1, appear to be worsening as the state has levelled some more\nfresh charges against him"},"modified":"2019-09-04T11:11:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T11:11:48","slug":"more-trouble-for-nam1-slapped-with-61-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/04\/more-trouble-for-nam1-slapped-with-61-counts\/","title":{"rendered":"More Trouble For NAM1 Slapped With 61 Counts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Nana Appiah Mensah<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The woes of<br \/>\nembattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Menzgold Ghana Limited, Nana Appiah<br \/>\nMensah, aka NAM1, appear to be worsening as the state has levelled some more<br \/>\nfresh charges against him in his criminal trial.<\/p>\n<p>When the case was<br \/>\ncalled yesterday, state prosecutors said they have amended the charge sheet and<br \/>\npreferred six general charges against NAM1 and his accomplices with 61 counts<br \/>\ninvolved.<\/p>\n<p>The charges<br \/>\ninclude abetment, defrauding by false pretenses, money laundering, carrying out<br \/>\ndeposit taking without license, selling minerals without license, as well as<br \/>\nunlawful deposit taking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drastic Change<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In spite of a<br \/>\ntotal of 61 counts arising out of the charges preferred against him and his<br \/>\naccomplices, the money involved in MAN1\u2019s alleged Ponzy scheme has dropped<br \/>\ndrastically from GH\u00a21.65 billion to a little over GH\u00a21 million\u00a0 \u2013 GH\u00a21,187,500.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Suspects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NAM1, together with<br \/>\nhis wife, Rose Tetteh; his sister, Benedicta Appiah, as well as two of his<br \/>\ncompanies \u2013 Menzgold Ghana Limited and Brew Marketing Consult Limited\u2013 were<br \/>\ninitially facing 13 charges.<\/p>\n<p>However, they<br \/>\nhave now been given further 48 counts as contained in the amended fact sheet<br \/>\nthe prosecution intends to use for the trial.<\/p>\n<p>This brings to 61<br \/>\nthe number of charges the embattled businessman and his family, as well as his<br \/>\ncompanies which have seen their assets frozen by a court order are facing.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third<br \/>\ntime the state prosecutors are amending the charges levelled against the<br \/>\naccused persons who are before an Accra Circuit Court.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Initial Stages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the initial<br \/>\nstages, they were facing seven counts when the charges were amended and some<br \/>\nsix fresh ones were added.<\/p>\n<p>The charge sheet<br \/>\nhas once again been amended to include 48 new counts, leaving NAM1, his company,<br \/>\nhis wife and sister battling against 61 counts.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution,<br \/>\nled by ASP Sylvester Asare, appearing before an Accra Circuit Court presided<br \/>\nover by a relieving judge Malike Wanya Dey asked for an adjournment so the<br \/>\nprosecution could file the amended charge sheet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Detailed Charges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Per the amended charge<br \/>\nsheet, NAM1, Rose Tetteh and Benedicta Appiah are facing 30 counts of abetment.<\/p>\n<p>NAM1 is facing<br \/>\nanother count of money laundering for taking GH\u00a21,187,500 from the complainants<br \/>\nknowing it to be proceeds of crime. <\/p>\n<p>Two of his companies\u2012 Ghana Limited and<br \/>\nBrew Marketing Consult Limited\u2012<br \/>\nare facing 26 counts of defrauding by false pretences.<\/p>\n<p>Again, the two<br \/>\ncompanies represented by NAM1 are facing two counts of carrying on<br \/>\ndeposit-taking business without licence, one count of unlawful deposit-taking<br \/>\nand another count of sales of minerals without licence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Complainants Reduced<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One other<br \/>\nnoticeable change in the amended charge and facts sheet is the reduction in the<br \/>\nnumber of complainants who reportedly lodged a complaint with the police.<\/p>\n<p>The old charge<br \/>\nsheet had stated that NAM1 and the other accused persons and his companies had<br \/>\ndefrauded over 16,000 unsuspecting clients.<\/p>\n<p>Although the new<br \/>\ncharge maintains that some 16,000 people have been defrauded, it limits the<br \/>\ntrial to some 13 persons as the complaints whose GH\u00a21,187, 500 NAM 1 and his<br \/>\naccomplices fraudulently took.<\/p>\n<p>The new charge<br \/>\nsheets mentioned the complainants as Francis Agodzie, Volkan Basler, Kofi<br \/>\nTweneboah, Godfred Oduro Yeboah, Evelyn Twerefour, Emmanuel Oppong Cobby and<br \/>\nRachael Siam.<\/p>\n<p>The others are Frank<br \/>\nKonadu Agyemang, Michael Kwadwo Nsiah, Kwarteng Appiah-Agyei, Cornelius<br \/>\nEdzorhoho, Roselyn Dede Adai and Nicholas Boadi Ofori.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Per the new<br \/>\nfacts, the complainants in October 2018 petitioned the Criminal Investigations<br \/>\nDepartment (CID) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) about how Menzgold Ghana Limited<br \/>\nand Brew Marketing Consult Limited made a false representation to some 16,000 unsuspecting people to deposit money over a fixed<br \/>\nperiod with interest under the pretext of purchasing gold from Menzgold Ghana Limited.<\/p>\n<p>It said the gold<br \/>\npurchased from Menzgold Ghana Limited was to be traded in by Brew Consult, and<br \/>\nit was to accrue a monthly interest of 10 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>According to the<br \/>\namended facts, upon such false representation, the complainants deposited<br \/>\nvarious sums of money totalling GH\u00a21,187,500.<\/p>\n<p>It said the police<br \/>\ncommenced investigations into the matter and NAM1, his wife and his sister absconded<br \/>\nand locked up their offices.<\/p>\n<p>It also disclosed<br \/>\nthat a warrant was issued for their arrest and NAM1 who had been in Dubai for<br \/>\nover five months arrived at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on July 11<br \/>\nand was arrested, but he denied the allegations of the complaints.<\/p>\n<p>The facts state that<br \/>\ninvestigations revealed that Menzgold Ghana Limited, although was incorporated<br \/>\nto purchase and sell gold, among others, it was not licensed by the Minerals<br \/>\nCommission to trade in gold.<\/p>\n<p>It further states<br \/>\nthat Brew Marketing Consult Limited was also not licensed by the Minerals Commission<br \/>\nto purchase gold.<\/p>\n<p>The case has been adjourned to October 23 for the amended charges and facts to be put before the trial judge who is on a short leave.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <strong>BY Gibril Abdul Razak<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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