The Ghana Police Service has arrested 487 suspected members of the Ponzi scheme known as QNET.
The arrest was made on Monday, September 2, 2024.
They were apprehended in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region through an intelligence-led operation.
The suspects, consisting of 257 females and 230 males, were arrested in a house located at Adwuman near Kenyasi, a suburb of Kumasi.
Preliminary investigations established through the scheme that the suspects successfully enticed unsuspecting persons from various parts of the country under the guise of offering lucrative returns on their investments.
Exhibits retrieved from them include registration documents and other materials bearing the QNET logos.
Twelve of the arrested suspects who have been identified as executives of the scheme are Gyereh Evelyn, Francis Kpesah, Samuel Musah, Simon Yakubu, Thomas Kotual, Kwasi Nyabi, Benjamin Nsigma, Elijah Musah, Moses Katu, John Balabon Tagnakibi, James Nogma, and Fidelis Bang-ib.
They are currently in police custody, assisting in the investigation.
Consequently, the police have urged the public to be wary of such schemes and report such activities promptly for action to be taken to clamp down on Ponzi schemes.
