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EOCO Ghana Arrest & Court Reports

Explore selected arrest, wanted and court reports from Ghana's Economic and Organised Crime Office with links to official sources.


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EOCO Ghana: Wanted & Arrest Reports

EOCO wanted notices and a selection of sourced arrest and court reports. An arrest is not a conviction, and a past wanted or custody status may have changed since the cited notice.

Active Wanted Declarations

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Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) — GhanaVigilance and Integrity

Jennifer Fafali Yormesor — EOCO Wanted

WANTED

WANTEDEOCO-GHANA-ACTIVE

JENNIFER FAFALI YORMESOR

Stealing & Fraudulent Embezzlement of Funds

Agency: Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO)

Status: DECLARED WANTED

Offences: Stealing, Fraudulent Embezzlement of Funds

Intelligence Summary

The above-named person is wanted by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for the alleged offences of Stealing and Fraudulent Embezzlement of Funds. Any person(s) with information on the whereabouts of Jennifer Fafali Yormesor should contact EOCO Head Office located adjacent Old Parliament House — Barnes Road, Accra, or any of the Regional Offices or the nearest Police station.

EOCO Tip Lines

0579 723314  |  0579 709066

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Selected EOCO Arrest & Court Reports

A non-exhaustive selection checked against EOCO’s official releases. Names are shown only when EOCO names them. Reports record the status and information available on their publication dates; they are not a live custody feed. Where a release supplies no verified case image or video, none is invented.

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Official EOCO reportPublished 3 May 2023

Assin Fosu SIM-swap and mobile-banking fraud case

Arrest timing: April 2022; exact arrest date not stated

Reported status: Two defendants convicted and sentenced; two others were reported at large at sentencing

EOCO said it and Ghanaian partners arrested a syndicate in Assin Fosu in April 2022. The agency reported that an Accra High Court convicted Linda Abakah and Solomon Ofosu on 6 April 2023 and sentenced each to 12 months’ imprisonment and a fine. EOCO said Derick Obeng (also known as Chilling) and Ezekiel Otoo were charged with the same offences and were at large at the time of sentencing; this release does not establish their current status.

Image published in EOCO’s case report. The release does not identify the people shown; it is not presented here as a portrait of any named defendant.

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Official EOCO reportPublished 17 April 2025

Operation Rescue Shield — Oyarifa cybercrime arrests

Arrest timing: Reported 17 April 2025; operation date not specified

Reported status: EOCO announced about 219 arrests; later individual case outcomes are not provided in this release

EOCO reported that a joint operation in Oyarifa arrested about 219 people, identified in the release as 218 Nigerians and one Ghanaian. The release says 35 of those arrested were suspects and describes others as people allegedly lured to Ghana, held, and forced into cybercrime. It does not name the arrested people, describe individual charges, or report later court outcomes; this entry does not characterize all 219 people as suspects.

The cited public press release does not name arrestees or provide a case photograph or video.

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