The Ashanti Regional Police has arrested three persons suspected to be part of a car fraud syndicate using fake cheques.
Addressing the media, the Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti regional Police, DSP Godwin Ahianyo, said their preliminary investigations have revealed that the suspects Osei Abrokwah, 32 years, Daniel Kofi Yirenkyi, 35 years and Emmanuel Kwasi Anane, 32 years, as part of their operations pretend to be interested in buying cars from unsuspecting car dealers and then defraud them in the process.
According to him, the suspects approach car dealers and show interest in buying their cars after issuing cheques with the promise that their cheques will mature in three days and then prepare forged documents on the car to be taken to the garage of a prospective buyer to secure a loan using the car as collateral.
He added that the suspects after securing the loan then call the original owner that the car has been abandoned at a garage and that they are no more interested in buying it.
DSP Ahianyo stated that the car dealer and the prospective buyer then discover that they both have been defrauded when the original owner goes to the garage of the prospective buyer who gave out the loan to the suspects.
He indicated that the Ashanti regional police received intelligence on the activities of the three persons and arrested them in the process as they were engaging in a similar act.
The Police say their investigations have shown that the suspects have swindled several car dealers and traders in the Kumasi Metropolis and other parts of the country using a similar approach.
The police are calling on all persons who have been victims of such cases to report to the Ashanti Regional Police Command.
They are also cautioning the general public to be vigilant to avoid being defrauded.
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By: Edward Opong Marfo/citinewsroom.com/Ghana
