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Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh

A swindler from Ghana

Tag: ghana readers club

How Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh stole a school teacher’s entire life savings — 4 October 2019

How Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh stole a school teacher’s entire life savings

/Johan

In Spring 2019 Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh swindled a Ghanaian school teacher for 21,000 Cedi (4,200 US Dollar). As this was her entire life savings, it landed her in financial distress and depression. In this criminal act he abused the Ghana Library Authority, the Dutch Embassador to Ghana and Dutch NGO Quest For Wisdom Foundation. This is our reconstruction of what happened.

In late 2018 and early 2019 Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh lived in the Bijlmer area of Amsterdam. The neighborhood hosts a large Ghanaian migrant community. Why he moved there is unclear, though it could be related to his application at the University of Amsterdam. In this period he volunteered with two organizations, Burennetwerk and the Vrijwilligers Centrale Amsterdam, for small unpaid jobs. This landed him with a Dutch NGO, the Quest For Wisdom Foundation in Weesp, near Amsterdam.

This organization holds an official cultural charity status and is led by philosopher Heidi Muijen. It aims to “stimulate intercultural learning and diversity as a way to gain wisdom.” Impressed by Addeah’s gentle and thoughtful appearance, and without any background checks, the board members of this foundation immediately invited him to contribute articles to their website Wijsheidsweb, articles that Muijen also quoted in a contribution for scientific magazine Civis Mundi.

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Ghanaian Member of Parliament confirms: Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh scammed me — 3 October 2019

Ghanaian Member of Parliament confirms: Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh scammed me

/Johan

In Spring 2019 Addeah Prempeh contacted a Ghanaian Member of Parliament, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, and persuaded her to give him money for his studies in the Netherlands. She now realizes he scammed her.

Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings is the eldest daughter of former President of Ghana Jerry Rawlings and a champion for women’s and children’s rights and the environment. In 2017 Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh approached her to speak at his Ghana Readers Club event, to help promote reading in the nation. She posted the pictures of this event on her Facebook timeline, which is how we found her and why we contacted her.

In an e-mail dated September 16, 2019, she explained: “I met Addeah for the first time in the same year he did his reading event. He approached me in Parliament with a convincing pitch. When I got to the venue I saw Dutch ambassador Ron Strikker as well as a rep from the USAID there. I suppose it added more legitimacy.”

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Is Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh really the acting President of the Ghana Readers Club? — 23 September 2019

Is Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh really the acting President of the Ghana Readers Club?

/Johan

Wherever Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh comes, he proudly introduces himself as the President of the Ghana Readers Club. But what kind of entity is this, what role does it play in public life in Ghana, and is Addeah Prempeh really the acting President as he claims?

When his Dutch host summoned Addeah to pay his outstanding bill, Addeah showed him a hardcopy of this article in Ghanaian newspaper Daily Graphic, dated August 29, 2017. His host asked: “Why do you show me this article; what is your message? That you don’t have to pay your bill because you’re the President of the Ghana Readers Club and therefore are entitled to have things your way?”

The anecdote illustrates not just Addeah’s strong sense of entitlement, but also how important the Ghana Readers Club is for his alleged reputation.

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How Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh duped a touristic accommodation in The Netherlands — 11 July 2019

How Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh duped a touristic accommodation in The Netherlands

/Johan

In April 2019 Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh deceived a b&b / shortstay accommodation in The Netherlands. The owners provided a detailed account of what happened. It gives helpful insight in the cunny tactics and lies of this swindler from Ghana.

We relate the story in their own words:

“In our property in Ede we regularly host guests for Wageningen University and Research (WUR), an internationally well-known university specialized in food and life sciences. Most of our guests are super satisfied with their stay and it rarely happens that they don’t pay their bill or otherwise abuse our hospitality. But Addeah turned out to be the worst visitor we’ve had in many years. We even had to end his stay prematurely, which really is the last resort in hospitality. He didn’t pay his bill and continually came up with excuses and lies, in the end even falsely accusing and threatening us. He has been officially reported to the Dutch police for swindling / scamming and slander.

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