The police in Sunyani are on a manhunt for four persons and their accomplices who posed as officials of Unity Plus Investment Company and absconded with GHC 9,970 belonging to some clients seeking loans.
The four are Antwi Veron, manager, Khadijah Osman, secretary, Isaac Asare, clerk and Adams, assistant manager.
Briefing the Ghana News Sunyani in Sunyani on Wednesday Assistant Superintendent of Police Saviour Ahiamadi, the acting Brong-Ahafo Crime Officer, said in July Veron, who posed as manager of the company, employed eight complainants as mobile banking officials to collect monies from clients.
He said the four suspects made the clients aware that the financial institution would give them loans at moderate interest rate at the end of the month.
This convinced more than 200 clients to make contributions ranging from GHC 100 to GHC 600 to the company through the mobile banking officers.
He said on July 27 the mobile banking officers called at the office of the company in Sunyani and to their dismay detected that the manager,
accountant, the secretary and the other workers had bolted with all office equipment as well as the monies collected from the loan seekers.
They reported the matter to the police who later retrieved eight pass books belonging to customers and a receipt book that indicated that the company had received GHC 9,970 from 49 customers.
Mr Ahiamadi said addresses and other information provided on the customers' pass books all proved to be fake and cautioned people to be
careful about their transactions with supposed financial institutions.