Fake doctor grabbed for fraudulent deals

The suspect, Alvin Fiifi Mensah, alias Dr Collins Amoah, who had been on the police wanted list for some years now, was finally arrested at a guest house in the Regimanuel Gray Estates on the Spintex Road on Tuesday, January 22, 20I3 following a tip off.

A number of his victims thronged the Adabraka Police Station in Accra on hearing of his arrest.

The Director-General of the CID, Commissioner of Police (COP) Mr Prosper Agblor, immediately directed the transfer of the suspect to the CID Headquarters for further investigations.

According to the Adabraka District Police Crime Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mr Ebenezer Nketiah, the suspect was arrested following complaints made by five women who dealt in wine and other foreign drinks.

He said the five victims had lost various amounts totalling GH¢50,000 to the suspect.

Mr Nketiah said the owner of a wine shop at the 37 Military Hospital area lost GH¢32,000; Say Cheers Wine Shop, GH¢4,4I0; Mawu Drinkables at West Legon, GH¢I0,I00, and a wine shop at Dzorwulu, GH¢2,!52.

He said the suspect, who often introduced himself as Dr Collins Amoah, usually operated on Fridays, moving from one wine shop in Accra to another.

According to Mr Nketiah, the suspect often took away a quantity of drinks from his unsuspecting victims for a supposed party by doctors at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.

The suspect, he said, would then issue post-dated cheques to his victims after collecting boxes of wine and champagne, adding that the cheques were often dishonoured upon presentation at the banks.

Mr Nketiah said the suspect allegedly admitted committing the offence in his caution statement to the police and indicated that after collecting the drinks, he sold them at cheaper prices.

Story by Mary Mensah