Fake doctor nabbed in Kasoa over online romance and travel scam

A person posing as a medical physician has been arrested by the Ghana Police Service for allegedly defrauding a number of victims in an elaborate on-line romance and journey rip-off estimated to be value thousands and thousands of Ghana cedis.

The suspect, recognized as Frederick Papa Kow-Assifuah, was arrested on Thursday, 6 June 2025, throughout an intelligence-led operation by officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate (PID) Headquarters.

The operation happened at Kasoa Crispo City in the Central Region, the place the suspect was caught red-handed whereas trying to lure one other sufferer he had contacted on-line.

On the time of his arrest, Kow-Assifuah was wearing a white lab coat, with a stethoscope draped round his neck additional solidifying his false persona as a licensed medical practitioner.

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A search carried out on the premises led to the retrieval of a number of medical gadgets in his possession, together with:

• Two (2) stethoscopes

• Three (3) intravenous (IV) drips

• 5 (5) syringes

• Two (2) pattern bottles

• One (1) roll of plaster

• Six (6) bottles of vaccines

• One (1) Ghanaian passport

• Money amounting to GH¢8,500.00

The assertion additional famous that in interrogation, the suspect admitted to impersonating a physician on the United Mind Hospital in Mallam, a suburb of Accra.

He additionally confessed to utilizing his faux id to interact with ladies on-line, initiating intimate relationships and convincing them to half with cash beneath the false promise of journey preparations to Europe.

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The suspect is at the moment in police custody, helping with investigations, and will likely be arraigned earlier than courtroom sooner or later.