Man arrested for posing as FDA official and issuing 'fake' certs
A 37-year-old man, who has been posing as a staff of the Food and
Drugs Authority (FDA) and issuing 'fake' product registration and
training certificates to individuals and entities in the La, Nungua and
Medie areas in Greater Accra has been arrested.
Frank William K. Addo, was arrested by the FDA with assistance from
the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Monday, March 26,
2018.
According to the Communications Manager of the FDA, Mr James Lartey,
the suspect was picked up at Nungua upon a tip-off by an individual whom
the suspect had attempted to dupe for the second time.
The suspect, he said was still in police custody for further investigations.
According to Mr Lartey, preliminary investigations have established
that the suspect has issued a number of certificates to individuals who
had attempted to register their products with the FDA.
"The Authority has received a number of reports and complaints of
some persons posing as FDA officers, going round in some parts of the
country and extorting monies from both clients and potential clients of
the FDA", Mr Lartey said.
No officer of the FDA, he said is mandated to receive monies from any
client outside FDA’s cash offices and that, "clients and persons who
wish to test or secure certifications for their products must ensure
they take official receipts for all payments made to the FDA", Mr Lartey
cautioned.
He appealed to the public to notify the FDA about persons whose activities they deemed could pose danger to the public.
Source: Graphic.com.gh
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