Story by George Yawson Vineh
The Ghana Police Service, through an intelligence-led operation, has arrested a man for impersonating a medical doctor and defrauding unsuspecting victims under the pretext of securing international travel opportunities for them.
The suspect, identified as Fredrick Papa Kow-Assifuah, was arrested by personnel of the Police Intelligence Directorate (PID) Headquarters on Thursday, June 6, 2025, at Kasoa Crispo City, in the Central Region.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Ghana Police Service on Monday 9th June, 2025. The statement indicates that at the time of arrest, suspect Frederick Papa Kow-Assifuah was dressed in a white lab coat, with a stethoscope around his neck and had arranged to meet another potential victim he had lured online.
A search conducted at the premises led to the retrieval of a number of medical items in his possession, including:
• Two (2) stethoscopes
• Three (3) intravenous (IV) drips
• Five (5) syringes
• Two (2) sample bottles
• One (1) roll of plaster
• Six (6) bottles of vaccines
• One (1) Ghanaian passport
• Cash amounting to GH¢8,500.00
During interrogation, the suspect admitted to impersonating a doctor at the United Brain Hospital at Mallam, a suburb of Accra. He also confessed to using his fake identity to engage women online, initiating intimate relationships with them and convincing them to part with money for fake travel arrangements to Europe.
The suspect is currently in police custody, assisting investigation and will be put before court.
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