Nicholas Omane Achampong Arrested For Fraud.

Gospel musician, Nicholas Omane Acheampong famed for hit songs like �Tabitha Cum� and the more recent �Zaphenath Paneah� has cautioned his colleague musicians to be wary of people who would want to involve them in shady deals.
According to him, the higher musicians go in the industry, the more vulnerable they become to unscrupulous people and asked that musicians, be they secular or gospel should shun the company of such people; especially those self-acclaimed visa contractors who claim to have the connections to take people abroad.


Mr. Omane Acheampong, who has been out of the limelight for quite some time, said his life was almost destroyed and his career derailed when he became embroiled in a Visa racketeering scandal.
Speaking on Adom FM's drive show, Ofie Kwanso, told the host Dr Dr Asanka that although he was only a victim of circumstances, it did not stop him from being disgraced as he was arrested and arraigned before court for visa fraud.
The ace musician was arrested in 2004 for allegedly defrauding four people between 2002 and 2003, to the tune of �155,940,000.00 million (old cedis) under the pretext of securing visas for them to travel to Europe.


According to the Ghanaian Chronicle newspaper which broke the story, one of the victims Augustine Opoku, had alleged that in June 2003 the singer informed him that he was going to perform in Germany and could secure him a visa at the cost of $3,700, which he duly paid but he never received the visa.
Source: GhanaWeb