Former NHIA boss, Sylvester Mensah bank account frozen

Europa 12:44 - 07 January 2016

The former CEO has been under investigation by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).

Former CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority, Sylvester Mensah has had his bank account frozen by the Financial Intelligence Centre under the Bank of Ghana.

This was after an ex-parte application filed by the Financial Intelligence Centre and granted at an Accra court.

It is also not clear if his arrest has anything to do with a fraudulent case being investigated by the BNI in which five officials of the NHIA have bee arrested.

Mr. Mensah tendered himself to the BNI on the New Year Day, January 1, after seven armed BNI operatives stormed his residence at Tse Addo near Trade Fair in Accra at dawn.

Mr. Mensah was not home when the armed men invaded his residence.

They however proceeded to search his house and manhandle his security man

Seventeen people have meanwhile been cautioned and granted bail by the BNI.

The investigations began six months ago at the instance of President John Mahama.

According to the BNI, some medical facilities have been falsifying documents and submitting bloated claims to the NHIA. In some cases, officials of such medical facilities colluded with officials of the NHIA to defraud the authority.