AUGUSTINE GYAMPEH vs. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE STANDARD CHARTERED BANK [2015]DLCA8282

AUGUSTINE GYAMPEH vs. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE... [2015]DLCA8282

Date	2015-03-03
Suit No.	CIVIL MOTION: NO.H3/206/2015
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8282

IRENE CHARITY LARBI (MRS.) J. A

[2015]DLCA8282
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AUGUSTINE GYAMPEH<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/APPLICANT/
APPELLANT/RESPONDENT/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FINANCIAL
INTELLIGENCE CENTRE<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>STANDARD CHARTERED BANK<o:p></o:p>(APPLICANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 3RD
MARCH, 2015<o:p></o:p>

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IRENE CHARITY LARBI
(MRS.) J. A&nbsp;&nbsp; SITTING AS A SINGLE JUDGE
OF THE COURT OF APPEAL<o:p></o:p>

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</div>IRENE C. LARBI J.A<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.&nbsp;
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.&nbsp; 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.<o:p></o:p>