Fake Doctor Promising Travel Opportunities Busted
The Ghana Police Service has blown the cover of a man impersonating a medical doctor at United Brain Hospital and duping people with travel opportunity offers.
Fredrick Papa Kow-Assifuah was arrested by personnel of the Police Intelligence Directorate (PID) on Thursday, June 6, 2025, at Kasoa Crispo City in the Central Region while on his way to meet a potential victim he had lured online.
“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 police statement communicated.
Per the police report, Kow-Assifuah lured unsuspecting victims under the pretext of securing international travel opportunities for them.
“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 take part with money for fake travel arrangements to Europe.”
A number of medical items were found at his residence including two stethoscopes, three intravenous (IV) drips, five syringes, two sample bottles, one roll of plaster, six bottles of vaccines, one Ghanaian passport and cash amounting to GH¢8,500.00.
Source: https://opemsuo.com/author/hajara-fuseini/
