A SUNYANI magistrate court presided over by Mr. Jojo Hagan, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of five persons, including Martin K. Dele, former Chief Executive Officer of the now defunct DKM Â Â Â Â Microfinance Company.
Apart from Mr. Dele, the court also wants four others, including his wife, Juliana Dele; together with Azuz Achulowor; Richard Zawi and Amadu Ibrahim,
Three others – Nkrumah Botchwey, Dorsah Godfred and Kelvin Pepprah – according to the court’s records, surrendered themselves voluntarily and have been granted bail.
All the suspects are said to be executive members of ‘Care for Humanity Fun Club International,’ which allegedly duped one Gordon Badebangna, who filed the complaint on behalf of 23 others.
The complainant from Nkoranza and his colleagues were said to have been duped by the accused in the sum of GH¢2,445,778 under the pretence of operating a microfinance.
The court therefore, ordered the Brong-Ahafo Regional Police Command to produce the accused persons on or by 21st February, 2018.
According to the complainants, the accused persons caused an announcement to be made on a radio station at Nkoranza in 2015 that Care for Humanity Fun Club International is a microfinance company that is registering members whose deposits would attract 60% interest within two months of deposit.
The said announcement encouraged and attracted 24 of them who registered and deposited various sums of money ranging between GH¢500 and GH¢500,000, totaling GH¢2,445,778.
They claim that when the investment matured in two months’ time, the accused persons failed to pay their principal amounts and the accumulated interests.
According to the complainants, after the two months, the supposed office of the company was closed down and the officials were nowhere to be found.
Investigations conducted at the Registrar General’s Department indicated that there was no company based in New Jersey registered in Ghana to operate an investment business or microfinance.
The DKM Microfinance became a hated company in the Brong-Ahafo Region in particular, when it allegedly squandered millions of cedis being deposits of customers, before being liquidated.
FROM Daniel Y Dayee, Sunyani