Police have arrested a young man for impersonating a medical doctor and defrauding individuals by promising fake international travel opportunities in Kasoa in the Central Region.
The suspect is identified as Fredrick Papa Kow-Assifuah.
He was arrested on June 6, 2025, during an intelligence-led operation at Kasoa Crispo City.
The suspect was arrested at the time he was found wearing a white lab coat and a stethoscope, while he was planning to meet another victim.
The police in a press statement said medical items, including two stethoscopes, three intravenous (IV) drips, five syringes, two sample bottles, one roll of plaster, six bottles of vaccines, and cash amounting to GH¢8,500, were retrieved from the suspect.
Kow-Assifuah is said to have admitted to impersonating a doctor at United Brain Hospital during police interrogation and confessed to luring women online into romantic relationships to extort money for fake travel deals.
He is currently in custody assisting investigations and will be arraigned before the court.
Find the police statement on the arrest below.