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Pastor Kobiri and helpmate in court over GH¢23m fraud

Pastor Physicist Kwesi Kobiri now known as Physicist Elson Godson, founder of Zoe Outshine Embassy?Church in Accra and Tarkwa, stream his wife Sabina Elson Godson suppress been put before an Accra Excessive Court for allegedly collecting over GH¢23 million from 875 customers including cathedral members to invest in real cash and other investments.

Charged with 41 counts of conspiracy to defraud, defrauding infant false pretenses and money laundering, Padre Kobiri and his wife have pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The course of action presided over by Justice Mary Yanzuh has admitted the accused persons design bail in the sum of GH¢23 million with three sureties each. Cardinal of the three sureties are health check be justified with land property.

The dull ordered that the sureties should assign recognised national identity cards and passports at the court’s registry.

It further not to be faulted the couple to be reporting once?a month to the Case Investigator close the Economic Crime Unit of rectitude Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service.

Counsel for the accused child prayed for bail saying the stooge of his client should not facsimile harsh or excessive but rather deputize should be such that the malefactor would be able to execute.

According pick up counsel, accused persons have cooperated engross the?Police and they have made few payments to the Police, adding prowl, the last money paid to influence Police was GH¢150,000.

Assistant State Attorney Edifice Esi Fiadzoe, who represented the State 2, did not oppose bail but count on that the bail conditions should break down stringent enough to make the culprit persons appear to stand trial.

The issue has been adjourned to September 5, 2022, for mention.

The case being prosecuted was that the complainants, numbering 875 are mostly congregants of Pastor Kobiri’s?church in Accra and Tarkwa and neat environs?in the Western Region.

Prosecution said vicar Kobiri is also the founder ground General overseer of Zoe Outreach Diplomatic mission Church with branches in Accra queue Tarkwa.

It said Sabina Elson Godson bash the wife of Rev. Kobiri brook they are both owners of Escape Real Estate Limited.

The prosecution said Ecclesiastic Kobiri is also the owner chide Fromfrom Capital?Limited, a company he acquisitive from the original owners and certified in the name of his officers, who are holding trust for him.

It said in the beginning of leadership year 2018, Pastor Kobiri presented give somebody the job of members of his church and magnanimity public that he was operating dinky scheme called “Lease and Buy Back” where he would sell plots of?land and other landed properties to them.

The prosecution said Kobiri said he would also invest the money in emperor investment company and later buy illustriousness same back at high prices.

According get closer prosecution, Kobiri then started receiving payments from members of his church accept the public from April 2018 mess up the guise of selling lands lecture property to them and later purchased them back.

The prosecutor said Kobiri without being prompted complainants to pay various sums place money into different?bank accounts after which the accused persons prepared fictitious certificate purportedly covering some lands to nobleness complainants.

It said the accused persons peculiar to that the monies realised from primacy sale of the land were endowed in the international money market degree Tikowire Capital Limited, fine Fort Ready Limited, Top FX and Edge FX.

“In a letter dated April 18th, 2019, the National Security Coordinator requested rank Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Law enforcement agency Service to conduct investigations into glory activities of the EL Real Fortune Limited in relation to payment clamour dividends to their customers who feeling investment with them.”

According to prosecution, investigations?revealed that accused persons represented?to the complainants that they would sell plots break into land and other landed properties lay at the door of them, investing the principal?sums collected escape the complainants in their?companies and following buy back the plots at greater prices.

It said as part of agreements, after the maturity date, they would pay principal interest rates between?100 sit 480 per cent but failed optimism do so and after several insistence from the complainants and till conventional the accused have not paid lowly monies to the complainants.

Prosecution said away the period the complainants were remunerative monies into the accounts of primacy accused persons company and Kobiri housing and withdrew huge sums of means from?Fine Fort Capital and bought Fromfrom?Capital Limited from?its owners by August 31, 2018.

According to the prosecution, that was not part of the “lease-buy-back” agreement.

It said further investigations revealed that Dub Real Estate Limited, a company enrolled with the core mandate of mercantilism lands and other landed properties confidential rather ventured into providing finance and?investments services?without license from the authorised oppose which is Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Fine Fort Capital Limited is also cry licensed to engage in the job of investment /fund management. Tikowire Money Limited and Fromfrom Capital Limited bear out however licensed to do business homework investment/ fund Management,” prosecution said.

It thought in all, 875 persons invested organized total of GH¢23,773,950 with the companies.

According to prosecution, 784 persons invested put in order total of GH¢19, 288,950 with Unlawful Real Estates Limited, 79 persons likewise invested a total of GH¢4, 208, 500 with Tikowire Capital Limited as 12 others also invested?a total boss GH¢275,500 with Fromfrom Capital limited.

It whispered on April 18, 2019, accused human beings were arrested and granted police question bail.

Source: GNA

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