Turkish national arrested for visa deal, Thursday October 21, 2010, pg 3

A Turkish national, Atila Inac, alias Mohammed, is  in the grips of the police for allegedly using a US visa foil number issued to an unnamed former Ghanaian Deputy Minister  of Finance to  defraud a victim to the tune of GH¢10,000.

The suspect charged the victim, David Nii Abeka Buxton GH¢14,000 and arranged for an initial payment of GH¢10, 000 with the balance to be paid upon the delivery of the visa.

When the visa delayed in coming, the victim reported the matter to the police and when the suspect returned the passport to the victim with an American Visa in it on October 4, 2010, he (suspect) was arrested.

A check by the police at the US Embassy revealed that the visa was fake and that the visa foil number 679702278, was issued to a former deputy minister of finance (name withheld).

The acting Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Prosper Kwame Agblor, who made this known in Accra, said investigations into the background of Mohammed established that he also had a record of credit card theft.

“The suspect is so crafty that if he steals a credit card, he will manage to manufacture a similar card with the name on the credit card so that he could produce it whenever the need arises”.

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