Sunny Awamini, a Nigerian national leading a fraudulent enterprise in Ghana has been detained into lawful custody for the second time after failing to meet his bail term.
The suspect, 52, who was arrested for defrauding a Ukrainian business magnate of $6.5 million in a precious wood (teak) scam rather presented fake documents of properties to EOCO in order to meet his bail requirement of GH₵20 million.
However, checks by EOCO from the Lands Commission revealed the first set of documents he submitted for landed properties have all proved to be fake and non existing.
He has again submitted more documents and properties for valuation at the Lands Commission belonging to his sureties. There have been criminal attempts to inflate values of the properties to meet the bail condition to set him free.
The suspect is said to have also made several attempts to compromise investigators but to no avail.
As at today, Thursday, August 18, 2022, investigators don’t know his place of residence, yet attempts are made to secure him bail.
Background
According to deep throat sources at EOCO, the suspect met Mazen Farakh in December 2018 during which the latter expressed interest in purchasing expensive wood (teak).
Sam after receiving the sum of $6.5 million from the Ukrainian businessman sent photographs of fake pallets of teak stored in custom bonded warehouses and promised to get the goods delivered to Ukraine.
Additional Information
Sunny Awamini alias Sam is apparently a wanted man by interpol and Nigeria security apparatus having being in the hunt for him for several years.
EOCO after doing a diligent work sought collaboration from their Nigerian counterparts and were informed that Sam has been a wanted man and operates a criminal gang of fraudulent enterprise in Nigeria for a very long time.
Source: Onuaonline.com|Ghana
