JOSEPH BOAHEN (APPELLANT) vs. FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE AND STANBIC BANK GHANA LTD.

MARFUL -SAU, JA:- This appeal is against the decision of the High Court,(Financial and Economic Crime Division) Accra dated the 27th May 2015 refusing an application by the appellant praying for an order to defreeze his accounts with the Stanbic Bank Ghana Ltd, which was the 2nd respondent before the trial court. The 1st respondent to this appeal namely; the Financial Intelligence Centre had on the 23rd of December 2014 moved the trial court on an ex-parte application for the confirmation of the freezing of appellant's three accounts with Stanbic Bank Ghana Ltd. The application was brought under section 47 (2) of the Anti- Money Laundering Act, 2008(Act 749) as amended. The 1st respondent initiated the freezing of the said accounts when it was notified by the 2nd respondent that appellant had paid into the said accounts thirteen cheques totalling GHC 384,596.00.The 1st respondent was notified of the transaction through a Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) from the 2nd respondent as r...