Eight including Policeman granted GH₵4M bail over $523K gold scam - Adomonline.com

The Prosecution told the Court that, the second and third accused informed the National Security personnel of their plan to defraud the seventh and eighth accused (Omer Topcu and Mustafa Ceyhan) of Akbn Kuyumculuk Sanyi Ve Tiocaret Anonim Sirrketti, a Turkish company dealing in gold.

“On 28th November 2023 the National Security personnel intercepted and arrested the first and fifth accused persons, together with the seventh and eighth accused persons, at the Airport Hajj Road in two Toyota Belta vehicles with registration numbers GR 7820-22 and GE 9954-22,” he said.

“The second, third, and sixth accused persons were later arrested at Afrikiko Restaurant the next day,” she said.

“Investigations revealed that in the early part of November 2023, the seventh and eighth accused persons approached the second accused person with a request to purchase 175kg of gold,” she told the Court.

However, “due to the market price of gold at the time, the seventh and eighth accused persons reduced the quantity to ten (10) kilograms.”

“The second and third accused persons brought the National Security Personnel

“In their investigation cautioned statements, the first and second accused persons admitted to the scam to sell fake gold to the seventh and eighth accused persons with the assistance of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth accused persons.