AUGUSTINE GYAMPEH vs. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE AND STANDARD CHARTERED BANK [2015]DLCA5689

AUGUSTINE GYAMPEH vs. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTR... [2015]DLCA5689

Date	2015-03-03
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION: NO.H3/206/2015
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA5689

IRENE CHARITY LARBI (MRS.) J. A

[2015]DLCA5689
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AUGUSTINE GYAMPEH<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(RESPONDENT/APPLICANT APPELLANT/RESPONDENT/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; vs.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:center;
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31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(APPLICANT/RESPONDENT RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>AND STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (APPLICANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>CIVIL MOTION: NO.H3/206/2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 3RD MARCH, 2015<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>IRENE CHARITY LARBI (MRS.) J. A SITTING AS
A SINGLE JUDGE OF THE COURT OF APPEAL<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>RULING<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>IRENE
C. LARBI JA<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;mso-add-space:
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mso-border-shadow:yes">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp; This
is a repeat application on notice for an order of stay of execution pending
appeal on Account Numbers Euro 9301543284300 and Gh¢0100143284300 belonging to
the Applicant to enable him access and operate same. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;mso-add-space:
auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; The
brief facts of the case are that the 1st Respondent Financial Intelligence
Centre (F.I.C) on 21st October 2014 froze all the accounts of the Applicant
herein with Standard Chartered Bank, Ghana, the 2nd Respondent pursuant to
Section 47 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2008 (Act 749) as amended. On 28th
October 2014, the High Court confirmed the freezing of the said accounts.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;mso-add-space:
auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Applicant's case per his affidavit in support is that he is a Businessman and
Real Estate agent who operate three (3) Accounts all with Standard Chartered
Bank namely Euro 9301543284300, USD 9301543284300, and GH¢0100143284300. The
Applicant says that in the normal course of his business errands, he visited
his bank to undertake some transactions with the Relationship Manager who
informed him that there was a recall on one of the transactions in his Dollar
Account of which his consent was needed to return the funds. Even though, he
requested to be furnished with further and better particulars of same, his
Account Manager did not do so until he was arrested by some Bureau of National
Investigations (BNI) Officers at the Bank premises.