Forgery Expert Aids Theft Of 90 Million Cedis

An expert in the forgery of signatures is said to have helped four people to steal 90 Million Cedis from the bank account of a Tema Business executive.The four, Samuel Hagan, Kwame Ayisi, Christopher Anderson, and Albert Benise are in the custody of the Tema police, the fifth who is the master forger, identified as Olympio is said to be on the run.

The suspects managed to wothdraw the money from the accounts of Mr Kwadwo Adusei at the Spintex road Branch of the Standard Chartered Bank and the Adabraka branch of the SSB Bank. According to the Ghanaian Times its Investigations revealed that Hagan was a former accountant for Mr Adusei and when he was leaving his employment he brought in Ayisi as a replacement at the request of Mr Adusei himself.

The two men later conspired and stole two leaflets of Mr Adusei’s Cheque books. They then later-on contacted Christopher and Benise who engaged the services of Olympio who is described as a master forger. The group initially succeeded in withdrawing 27 Million Cedis and 63 million from the Standard Charted and SSB banks respectively.

Not satisfied, the group made a second attempt to withdraw another 35 million Cedis from the Standard Chartered Bank but the bank officials became highly suspicious and subsequently contacted Mr Adusei who denied knowledge of the withdrawal transaction.

Master Forger Facilitates Theft Of 90 Million Cedis From 2 Banks. An expert in the forgery of signatures is said to have helped four people to steal 90 Million Cedis from the bank account of a Tema Business executive. The four, Samuel Hagan, Kwame Ayisi, Christopher Anderson, and Albert Benise are in the custody of the Tema police, the master forger, identified as Olympio is said to be on the run.

The suspects managed to wothdraw the money from the accounts of Mr Kwadwo Adusei at the Spintex road Branch of the Standard Chartered Bank and the Adabraka branch of the SSB Bank. According to the Ghanaian Times its Investigations revealed that Hagan was a former accountant for Mr Adusei and when he was leaving his employment he brought in Ayisi as a replacement at the request of Mr Adusei himself.

The two men later conspired and stole two leaflets of Mr Adusei’s Cheque books. They then later-on contacted Christopher and Benise who engaged the services of Olympio who is described as a master forger. The group initially succeeded in withdrawing 27 Million Cedis and 63 million from the Standard Charted and SSB banks respectively.

Not satisfied, the group made a second attempt to withdraw another 35 million Cedis from the Standard Chartered Bank but the bank officials became highly suspicious and subsequently contacted Mr Adusei who denied knowledge of the withdrawal transaction.

The Banks security consequently arrested Benise and Christopher who were also instrumental in the arrest of the other two later on that evening. The Police are investigating the other withdrawals believed to have been made by the Syndicate from Mr Adusei’s accounts in other banks.