An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail in the sum of GHC100,000 to Frederick Papa Kow-Assifuah, the fake doctor who was arrested at Kasoa Crispo in the Central Region. The bail comes with two sureties, to be justified with landed property. The land title certificates are to be deposited with the Court’s Registry.
Kow-Assifuah, a 30-year-old trader, has denied wilfully and falsely using the title “Dr,” professing to practice medicine without being registered, and defrauding six individuals.
He is expected to reappear before the court on June 25, 2025.
Presenting the facts, Chief Inspector Wisdom Alorwu said the complainants—Madam Genevieve Appau Tete, Madam Sandra Boateng, and Madam Sandra Ewuradwoa Arhin—reported the matter after suspecting fraud.
According to Chief Inspector Alorwu, the accused resided at Kasoa Crispo City and came under investigation after the National Police Intelligence Directorate received information that he was posing as a medical doctor online.
He reportedly lured women into intimate relationships, after which he collected money from them under the pretext of securing travel documents.
On June 6, 2025, at about 3:30 p.m., the accused was arrested at his hideout in Kasoa Crispo City while planning to meet another victim. He was found dressed in a white lab coat, with stethoscopes around his neck.
Following his arrest, he led police to his residence, where a search uncovered a pair of scissors, three drips, five syringes, two sample bottles, one plaster, and five bottles of canine distemper adenovirus type two parainfluenza parvovirus vaccines.
Police also retrieved a Ghanaian passport bearing the name of Madam Tete and a cash amount of GHC8,500.
During interrogation, Kow-Assifuah admitted to collecting GHC8,500, GHC25,000, and GHC2,000 from Mesdames Tete, Boateng, and Arhin, respectively, under the pretext of securing visas to Europe and America. He failed to deliver.
Further investigations revealed that he collected GHC18,500 from Mr. Bernard Ameyaw under the same pretext of securing a visa to France, and an additional GHC1,500 from Elizabeth Dadzie for a similar promise. None of the promises materialized.
He was subsequently charged and arraigned.
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