The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service held a high-level strategic engagement to reinforce institutional cooperation in the prevention, investigation and prosecution of corporate fraud and related offences, aimed at protecting the integrity of Ghana’s business environment.
The engagement, held at CID Headquarters, focused on the growing sophistication of corporate fraud schemes, including forgery of statutory documents, identity theft, impersonation of company officials, fraudulent alteration of company records, and falsification of filings.
Speaking at the meeting, the Registrar of Companies, Mrs. Maame Samma Peprah, emphasized the strategic importance of the corporate register as a critical national asset relied upon by investors, financial institutions, regulatory bodies and businesses in making informed decisions, noting that unlawful interference with statutory records constitutes a direct threat to Ghana’s corporate governance architecture.
Mrs. Peprah further highlighted the necessity of a coordinated response to corporate crime, stressing that effective corporate regulation must be complemented by robust law enforcement, including enhanced intelligence sharing, improved investigative coordination, and capacity-building.
In her remarks, COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, Director-General of the CID, reaffirmed the Ghana Police Service’s commitment to supporting the ORC in safeguarding the integrity of the national corporate register, assuring readiness to deepen collaboration in detecting, investigating and prosecuting corporate and economic crime.
Mrs. Peprah was accompanied by Mr. Kwesi Owusu-Abrokwa, Director, Administration, and Rebecca Aryeetey Smith Esq., Head of the Legal Directorate. The CID delegation included Chief Superintendent Benjamin Boah, Director of the Economic Crime Directorate; Chief Superintendent Stephen Akowuah, Director of the Fraud and General Unit; ACP Seth Sewornu, Director of the Special Investigations Unit; Chief Superintendent Nana Gyebi, Director of the Cyber Unit; DSP Michael Adjei, Director of the Intelligence Unit; and ACP Evelyn Borbor Kugblenu, Director of the Domestic Violence Unit.
