Ghana Card Fraud: Ken Attafuah's Nephew Jailed Over Misconduct In Registration Process

• A National Identification Authority officer has been arrested and jailed for engaging in fraud during the Ghana Card registration
• The convict is the nephew of the Executive Secretary of the authority, Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah
• The officer, George Kwame Essien, was based at the NIA's Walewale District Office in the North East Region

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced the conviction of one of its officers for misconduct in the Ghana Card registration process.

The Assistant Technical Enrolment Officer (ATEO) was caught for misconduct leading to an unqualified applicant being registered for the Ghana Card.

The officer, George Kwame Essien, was based at the NIA's Walewale District Office in the North East Region.

Essien is the nephew of the Executive Secretary of the NIA, Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah.

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He was found guilty of unlawfully forging NIA documents and registering one Amadu Seeta.

Seeta, currently at large, reportedly received an ECOWAS Identity Card through Essien's fraudulent actions.

The investigation revealed that Essien forged NIA Form One and an Oath of Identity Form to facilitate Seeta's registration.

Essien pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to seven months imprisonment.

He was charged with Forgery of Document, Abetment of Crime, Causing an Unauthorized Interference with Electronic Records, and Causing an Unauthorized Modification of Information

3 Cameroonians with Ghana Card caught trying to get Ghana passports

Three Cameroonian nationals have been jailed for fraudulently acquiring a Ghana card and Ghana passport.

The three convicts plead guilty to entering and remaining in Ghana without a permit in addition to the Ghana Card fraud.

The three have been identified as Tibab Beltus Mbachick, Mbaku Ransson and Mba Dieudonne Akuro.

Nigerian women jailed for sex trafficking

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YEN.com.gh reported earlier that two Nigerian women were jailed for 10 years and seven years with hard labour after a sex trafficking conviction.

The two women cried in court when sentenced on trafficking charges and begged to be sent back to Nigeria.

The four trafficking victims were in number and all Nigerian nationals, according to testimony in the Tarkwa Circuit Court.

Thief traced using stolen AirPods

In August 2023, YEN.com.gh reported that a thief was arrested after he broke into a room at Nungua in Accra and stole cash and personal effects, including Apple AirPods.

30-year-old Bortey Borteye's decision to steal the AirPods helped police track the gadget on the complainant's phone, leading to his arrest.

He has been jailed on two counts for five and two years, but the sentences will run concurrently.

Source: YEN.com.gh