Head
pastor and founder of Jesus is the Solution Chapel International Located at
Tema has been grabbed by the Criminal Investigation Department for allegedly
defrauding 23 of his church members to a tune of GH₵268, 000
under the pretext of giving them gold.
Pastor
John Yao Tsetse was arrested together with one Angla Aseye Ama Tsetse, an
administrator and marriage counselor of the church.
This was
after 23 of their church members petitioned the director general of the
criminal investigation department, COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah over the
matter.
According
to sources, between the months of July 2018 and September 2018, Pastor Tsetse
collected various sums of money from them totaling GH₵268,000
from the complainants during counseling session under the pretext of giving
them gold.
The
source indicated that the suspect gave the victims a small stone concealed in a
coconut with a guarantee that it will turn into a huge lump of gold after burying it for a couple of weeks
but it never happened.
On January
21, 2019 the complainants jointly petitioned the director general of CID and
the suspect was subsequently arrested.
The Public
Relations Officer of the Criminal Investigation Department, Deputy
Superintendent of Police, (DSP) Juliana Obeng when contacted said pastor Tsetse
was picked up by the CID and upon interrogation denied knowledge of the
allegations leveled against him by the complainants.
He
admitted to the fact that a lot of his church members give donations to the
church during counseling sessions and further stated that some of the church
members contributed to the church through an MTN mobile money belonging to the
church.
The
mobile money account, she indicated was registered in the name of the second
suspect and was used as a donation line that anybody who wished to help or
donate to the church could use.
DSP Obeng averred that even though the suspects involved have since been granted police enquiry bail, the matter was still being investigated by the police.
By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey
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