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Betty buys 3 UK mansions?
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Betty buys 3 UK mansions?
Embattled former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Betty Mould Iddrisu, is reported to have purchased three houses, all said to be in different locations across the United Kingdom, and also deposited a whopping £1.042 million in her alleged Barclays Bank UK private account between November 2011 to May 2012.
The allegation was made by the Editor of the Leicester Recorder, Jacinta Crispin-Jones, who claimed that the former Attorney-General kept the same account with a balance of £6,115.73 at the end of January 2008.According to the Leicester recorder, electronic transcripts from Mrs Betty Iddrisu’s account showed the transfer of an amount of 250,000 pounds for the purchase of a property in Loughton in Essex. This property, according to the Leicester Recorder, is located at 252 High Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1RB.
A search by the New Statesman, using Google’s Street View application, shows a six-bedroom property located in the county of Essex, approximately 16.0 kilometres (10.0 miles) north east of London, an area considered a wealthy town on the outskirts of Greater London with excellent transport links to Central London.
In explaining how Mrs Betty Iddrisu purportedly purchased this and other properties, the Leicester Recorder explains that officials of Barclays Bank Woodbridge, Leicester, were in November 2011, alerted when Mrs Iddrisu added London based property developer and jewellery tycoon Dr Srinath Kumar as a joint beneficiary of her account. Mrs Iddrisu’s account number is quoted by the Leicester Recorder as 20756821-SORT CODE-20-98-07.
The report further reveals that shortly after this development, an amount totalling £1,042,000 between November 6, 2011 and May 8, 2012 was lodged into Mrs Iddrisu’s account.The breakdown of the deposits, according to the Leicester Recorder, are as follows: £45,000 on November 6, 2011; £150,000 on November 25, 2011; £120,000 on December 15, 2011; £179,000 on January 20, 2012; £265,000 on February 18, 2012; £86,000 on March 23, 2012; £71,000 on April 29, 2012; and £126,000 on May 8, 2012.
Due to her unavailability in the country, the report has it that officials from Barclays Bank Wooldrige questioned the other joint account holder as to the source of the deposits.
Dr Kumar is reportedly to have stated that the £1,04 million were profits from a joint 70 acre citrus, mango and palm plantations in the Western Region of Ghana, his property lettings company in Cardiff, Wales as well as his property developments in Cyprus.
The Bank officials were, however, not convinced and alerted its International Private Banking desk in London who called in the police. Some officials at the bank believe the British Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) should be called in to investigate the deal.
Dr Kumar has strongly defended the deposits claiming they are from legitimate sources. A UK member of parliament has taken up the matter and would want to find out from the British government if it is necessary to continue supporting the budgets of African countries if huge amounts of monies are being used to buy properties by African ministers in the UK.
Efforts to reach Mrs Betty Iddrisu for her comments proved futile as several attempts to contact her via telephone were unsuccessful.
Statesmanonline.com
