{"id":740902,"date":"2019-11-08T21:07:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T21:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/08\/menzgold-ordered-to-refund-gh%c2%a22-6m-to-soldiers\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T21:07:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T21:07:14","slug":"menzgold-ordered-to-refund-gh%c2%a22-6m-to-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/08\/menzgold-ordered-to-refund-gh%c2%a22-6m-to-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Menzgold ordered to refund GH\u00a22.6m to soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/menzgold-ordered-to-refund-gh%C2%A22-6m-to-soldiers\/\">\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"455\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/menzgold-customers-besiege-dzorwulu-office.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Menzgold customers besiege Dzorwulu office\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Menzgold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>An Accra High Court has ordered the troubled gold dealership, Menzgold Ghana Limited, to refund GH\u00a22,664,000 owed 58 military personnel.<\/p>\n<p>State-owned  Daily Graphic newspaper reports that Her Ladyship, Mrs Angelina  Mensah-Homiah ruled on November 4, 2019, that investors will receive their monies at prevailing interest rates and not what the gold  dealership promised.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\n Judge \u201crefused to enforce the contractual interest at the rate<br \/>\ncontained in the respective agreements between Menzgold and the<br \/>\nrespective plaintiffs because it had been found to be a Ponzi Scheme in a<br \/>\n previous suit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe<br \/>\n plaintiffs will instead be paid interest at the prevailing commercial<br \/>\nbank rate from the date of judgement until the date of final payment,\u201d<br \/>\nthe newspaper reported on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The investors\u00a0include soldiers from the Ghana Navy, the Ghana Air Force and the Ghana Army.<\/p>\n<p>In a writ of summons issued on December 12, 2018, the soldiers had prayed the High Court to order a refund of their money.<\/p>\n<p>The sums which are their principal investments with Menzgold ranged between GH\u00a218,000 and GH\u00a2244,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne  of the plaintiffs, who spoke to Graphic Online on condition of  anonymity, disclosed that Menzgold had been served with the judgement  and he was awaiting a refund of his investment,\u201d the newspaper said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, hundreds of<br \/>\nMenzgold have been massing\u00a0up at the Kumasi and Accra offices of the<br \/>\nfirm to validate their claims documents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Menzgold said in a statement\u00a0<\/strong>last<br \/>\n week that it will begin verifying claim documents from customers as<br \/>\npart of an elaborate process to settle their locked-up funds.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement from the firm, the validation of documents<br \/>\n regarding claims of the customers will start on October 28 from 9 am to<br \/>\n 4 pm each day.<\/p>\n<p>The validation process ends on November 28, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll customers are expected to visit any of the respective outlets  within the hours of 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each working day and submit  photocopies of their Gold Trading Agreement, Receipt of Gold Traded  Purchase, Gold Trading Commission Receipt, Valid National ID Copy and  Evidence of Gold Re-trade(s) and Receipts or Agreements,\u201d the statement urged customers.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Myjoyonline.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menzgold An Accra High Court has ordered the troubled gold dealership, Menzgold Ghana Limited, to refund GH\u00a22,664,000 owed 58 military personnel. 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