In an intelligence-led operation conducted yesterday, September 2, 2024, in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region, the Ghana Police Service apprehended 487 people who are involved in the QNET Ponzi scheme.
The suspects, who were divided into 257 females and 230 males, were taken into custody at a home in the Kumasi suburb of Adwuman, close to Kenyasi.
According to preliminary findings, the suspects were able to effectively lure people from all over the nation with the scheme by pretending to be promising them large returns on their investments.
Documents containing the QNET insignia and other papers for registration are among the exhibits that were taken from them.
Twelve of the arrested suspects who have been identified as executives of the scheme are Gyereh Evelyn, Francis Kpesah, Samuel Musah, Simon Yakubu, Thomas Kotual, Kwasi Nyabi, Benjamin Nsigma, Elijah Musah, Moses Katu, John Balabon Tagnakibi, James Nogma, and Fidelis Bang-ib.
They are helping with the investigation while being held by the police.
The public has been warned by the police department to report suspicious activity and to be cautious of such scams.
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