The Ghana Police Service has arrested Eric Afoakwa, also known as “Chad”, a convicted fraudster who had been on the run for six years after being sentenced to prison for multiple financial offences.
Afoakwa was convicted in absentia in 2019 by an Accra High Court, presided over by Justice Georgina Mensah Datsa. He was found guilty on five out of six counts, including money laundering, defrauding by false pretences, and forgery of official documents.
The court sentenced him to eight years imprisonment on each count, to run concurrently. He was also ordered to refund $132,660.00 to the complainant.
Following the judgment, Afoakwa went into hiding and was subsequently declared wanted by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), which had appealed to the public for information on his whereabouts.
On July 6, 2026, acting on the directive of the Inspector General of Police, a team from the Anti-Armed Robbery Unit arrested the convict as he was preparing to leave the country. Police say Afoakwa will be handed over to EOCO to continue the enforcement of the court’s judgment.
BY Prince Fiifi Yorke