DKM Receipt Collectors arrested by police

The Police in the Brong Ahafo Region have arrested three persons who allegedly collected official receipts from customers of defunct DKM Micro Finance under the pretext of presenting them to the official liquidator, Jemima Oware, who is said to have been named by Registrar General’s Department. The details of the official liquidator were published in the Daily Graphic on 15th April, 2016. DAILY GUIDE gathered that the three persons- Isaac Yapetu, one Adam and another  person, were arrested together with other four others last  Sunday at  Sunyani Jubilee Park  where they collected receipts from the customers in addition to GH¢5. According to reports, the four others, after preliminary investigations, were released on the same day but the three were detained till Monday when they were also cautioned and released. According to the police, the three persons told the police that articles in Daily Graphic and the Ghanaian Times on 15th April, 2016 asked customers of DKM Micro Finance to lodge their official deposit receipts with designated offices of the Registrar General’s Department in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale to enable the official liquidator Jemima Oware to pay them by the close of 15th May, 2016. The suspects said because many of the customers in the Brong Ahafo Region were not aware of the said notice or advert, they decided to collect GH¢5 from each customer in Sunyani and its environs in order to make radio announcement in the region to properly inform the rest of the customers. The police detained them from Sunday evening till Monday and took their statements. ASP Christopher Tawiah confirmed the arrest to DAILY GUIDE but declined to give out their names. Meanwhile, many customers wondered why the liquidator would direct them to go to Accra, Kumasi or Tamale to deposit their receipts since most of them reside in the region. DAILY GUIDE also learnt that some radio presenters are also paying customers of God Is Love, one of the scam companies and that customers have so far received 50 percent of their deposits.

Source: Daily Guide