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Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh

A swindler from Ghana

Tag: swindle

Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh: the questions that remain — 31 December 2019

Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh: the questions that remain

/Johan

This website offers the results of a thorough journalistic investigation into the person, practices and projects of Ghanaian swindler Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh. But some questions remain.

Our research focused on the main elements in his CV that he lied about, and the cases where he committed fraud and scammed people. Some questions that emerged in our research we will try to address here. We do this with a clear disclaimer though: the answers express only the personal observation / impression of the investigators.

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Police in Ghana is looking for swindler Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh — 9 October 2019

Police in Ghana is looking for swindler Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh

/Johan

The police in Ghana is looking for Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh, who swindled a teacher of the Golden Sunbeam International School in Accra for GHS 21,000, and is currently on the run.

Prempeh lured the school teacher into paying him this amount for a non-existing schooling course in the Netherlands and a (failed) visa application process. Her full story is described in this article.

On July 17, 2019 she petitioned the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service in Accra for assistance. Her report was supported by the Dutch ambassador to Ghana, Ron Strikker, who also called on the police to act because Prempeh duped two accommodations in the Netherlands earlier this year. These accommodations filed a report with the Dutch police, as a consequence of which Prempeh now also faces criminal persecution in the Netherlands.

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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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Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh faces criminal investigation by the Dutch police as well as civil prosecution — 5 August 2019

Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh faces criminal investigation by the Dutch police as well as civil prosecution

/Johan

Because Ghanaian swindler Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh duped two accomodations in the Netherlands, who both filed an official report with the police, he faces a criminal investigation in this country. He also will face civil prosecution for not paying his bills.

As proof of these procedures we submit pictures of the following documents:

1 – The official summons letter sent by the collection agency in behalf of the duped accomodation in Ede.

2 – Parts of the official police report filed in Ede against Addeah Prempeh for scamming, extortion and slander.

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Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh ‘thanks’ his hosts by urinating in their living room — 27 July 2019

Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh ‘thanks’ his hosts by urinating in their living room

/Johan

In May and June 2019 Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh deceived the main tenants of a student apartment in Wageningen, The Netherlands. The owners provided an account of what happened. Remarkable detail: before he left he urinated in their living room.

After the problems Addeah Prempeh caused in an accommodation in Ede, he moved on to a student house in Wageningen, where one of the residents had offered his room as a sublet on Facebook. The main tenants agreed with him that he would pay the rent within three days, but despite several reminders Addeah never paid his rent. He played out the same scam as in Ede: postponing payment of the rent, pretending ‘banking problems’, and enjoying a free ride.

When his hosts became suspicious, pressured him to pay, and called for a meeting, he left the property overnight on June 18, after he stole € 90 out of a jacket and urinated on the couch and carpet in their living room.

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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

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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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Why we investigate Ghanaian swindler Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh — 18 June 2019

Why we investigate Ghanaian swindler Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh

/Johan

This website offers the results of a thorough journalistic investigation into the person, practices and projects of Ghanaian swindler Kwadwo Addeah Prempeh.

The research project started in June 2019, when Prempeh duped two accommodations in the Netherlands. It quickly became clear that he scammed multiple people and companies in Ghana and abroad, commited fraud, and sytematically lied about his CV and accomplishments.

What makes this case salient is that Prempeh is connected to people in high society in Ghana and abuses people of good standing to rip off others. It provides a unique, detailed insight in how this swindler operates.

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