Ghanaian arrested in US over phone fraud

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A Ghanaian Daniel Acheampong has been arrested in Western Virgina, USA for allegedly stealing people’s identities and creating false accounts through cell phone companies to buy cell phones.

The Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department said the 30-year-old Ghanaian national was picked up on Thursday, June 20, 2019.

According to the release, a unit of the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department has been investigating a number of unknown individuals whom have been stealing people’s identities and creating false accounts through cell phone companies to buy cell phones.

From June 11-20, deputies intercepted packages of the fraudulently purchased cell phones being delivered as part of the scheme, according to the release.

It said Acheampong was arrested when he retrieved the phones from his porch.

Acheampong has been charged with grand larceny, fraudulent schemes and attempted grand larceny and arraigned in the Monongalia County Magistrate Court.

He is currently being held in North Central Regional Jail on $45,000 bond.

Source: Daily Mail GH

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