7 Suspects behind the fake electronic traffic violation notice busted

DCOP Ansah-Akrofi. Photo source: Joy Online

Derrick Djang Writes,

The Ghana Police in a recent operation has arrested 7 suspects purported to have circulated fake electronic traffic violation notice to members of the public.

The Director General of Public Affairs DCOP Grace Ansah-Akrofi, on a press briefing, which took place on Thursday, February 26, reiterated how the police acted swiftly to apprehend the fraudsters behind the fake message.

"Our intelligence and cyber teams were tasked to immediately commence an investigation into the matter to get those behind those fake messages arrested," she said.

She went on to brief the press about a notice that was sent to the citizens to raise their alertness about the fake notice.

 "A public notice was published to notify the general public that the notifications were false, fraudulent, invalid, and not coming from the Ghana Police service and that effort were ongoing to get the perpetrators arrested and brought to justice," she stated.

She expressed her delight to announce how the operation by the intelligence team yielded a good result wherein seven suspects have been arrested for the circulation of the fraudulent messages.

An information she shared detailed how the fraudsters carried out their operation.

"Preliminary investigation into the scheme revealed that proceeds collected from victims through the providing links, were being channeled through multiple mobile money numbers, before being consolidated through one Martha Quarshie, a mobile money vendor, staying at Ada in the Eastern Region," she explained.

On 21, February 2026, the police in a swift action, proceeded to Ada and arrested suspect Martha Quarshie, Peter Ofori McCarthy, and Alfred Kofi Totimeh.

During interrogation, Martha Quarshie the suspect, was reported to have disclosed a man named Prosper  Otumfour, based in Winneba as the one sending her money to be redistributed to other mobile numbers and a bank account.

Prosper Otumfour was identified as the leading figure in the fraudulent operation

The suspect, Prosper Otumfour, following the disclosure, was arrested by a team that proceeded to Winneba on 24, February  2026. 

It was reported that some amount of cash to the tune of GH¢4,188, multiple sim cards, mobile phones, and laptops believed to be connected to the fraudulent activities were recovered in his room.

He was later convened to Accra for further questioning.

On 25, February 2026, suspect Martha Quarshie led the police back to Ada to help in arresting the individuals who introduced her to the principal suspect.

A step in that direction lead the team to arrest one other suspect Robert Aglehe, age 33, who was identified as the person who connected Martha Quarshie to Prosper Otumfour.

After a search was conducted at Robert Ablehe's room, one black Dell laptop computer, two hard drives, and one Samsung Galaxy A22 phone were the items recovered in his room.

Another suspect Christian Ablehe, age 32, a mobile money vendor, was also arrested and a search, also conducted in his room and his mobile money shop, lead to the retrieval of the following items: three key touch phones, two Samsung smart phones, a GCB credit card, his Ghanaian passport, fourteen telecel sim cards, an MTN sim card, one ADB e-Switch, a Ghana card bearing the name Duku Rose, and GH¢ 6,790 in cash.

In a further development, it was reported that suspect Michael Edem Amomornu, age 33, arrived on the same day at the Intelligence Directorate, to visit suspect Prosper Otumfour but was soon arrested following an identification by investigators, revealing him to be a member of the criminal network and a recipient of some of the proceeds from the fraud, having received funds on a telecel cash from suspect Martha Quarshie and he is currently in police custody assisting investigation.

Further investigation revealed how the operation was carried out: suspect Prosper Otumfour registered the telecel sim card in the name of family members and associates, including suspect Robert Aglehe, suspect Michael Edem Amomornu and other individuals but after the sim cards have been registered, he retained them in his custody for the purpose of receiving money payment from victims.

After collecting funds from his victims, he transfers the money to suspect Martha Quarshie and furnish her with registered telecel cash numbers in his possession, where a redistribution of the proceeds is done accordingly.

This layered structure was done to cancel any iota of trace and make detection of the act difficult.

For the time being, all the seven suspect: Martha Quarshie, Peter Ofori McCarthy, Alfred Kofi Totimeh, Prosper Otumfour, Robert Aglehe, Christain Aglehe and Michael Edem Amomornu are currently in police custody, assisting in investigation and will be process to court.

The police is still carrying out investigation to identify additional members of the cabal, who are still into hiding. 

She commended the intelligence for the speed, diligence and professionalism with which they pursued the operation across multiple locations from Accra to Ada to Winneba to dismantle the criminals network.  

She announced the collaborative effort the Ghana Police Service is putting forward with stakeholders comprising of Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Transport, National Road Safety Authority, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, National Insurance Commission, and Ministry of Finance, to engage Parliament to amend the road regulations. 

She gave an assurance to the general public about the commitment of the Ghana Police Service to provide them with protection from all forms of fraud and cyber related and criminal activities, and also serve a warning to those who will exploit the Police name for criminal activities, will be apprehended and brought to justice.

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