47-Year-Old Man Behind Police Recruitment Scam

The Western Regional Police Command has arrested a 47-year-old man for his alleged involvement in the recent fraudulent police recruitment exercise.

The suspect, Amos Kofi Brown, also called Ogyaframa, claimed he is a marketing manager of Radio Silver, a private radio station in Sekondi.

According to the police, the suspect managed to dupe the unsuspecting victims of about GH¢160,000.

The police explained that the modus operandi of Amos Brown was that he purportedly collected GH¢4,000.00 from each applicant after issuing them with fake recruitment letters.

The police said the suspect claimed that so far about 40 people paid the recruitment fee, totalling GH¢160,000.00 Briefing journalists in Sekondi, the Western Regional Police Commander, DCOP Isaac Alex Quainoo, said that the suspect was arrested on March 3, 2015.