Menzgold
Menzgold has dragged the Bank of Ghana and the Securities and Exchange Commission to court accusing the two statutory institutions of hurting its business.
The gold dealers in a suit filed, yesterday, a copy of which has been intercepted by Myjoyonline.com is asking the court to slap aggravated damages on the two institutions.
The company insists the notices given by BoG and SEC have been nothing more than an abuse of office by the two institutions and which have caused considerable reputational damage to the company.
The plaintiff wants an order of the court to restrain the two bodies from unnecessarily interfering in its business.
The suit was filed by Kwame Akuffo, lawyer for the plaintiff.
Background
Menzgold has been operating a business transaction which requires customers to deposit cash for gold value which is invested and returns paid on it to customers every month.
The transaction has become popular with customers evidently happy with the operations by the gold dealers. But there have been some concerns about lack of regulation.
The Bank of Ghana has issued a number of statements cautioning the general public to desist from saving or investing money at Menzgold Ghana Company Limited.
The statement in part said the activities of Menzgold were in breach of section 6(1) of the Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions Act, 2016 (Act 930).
According to the BoG, the gold dealers had no place in the business of “solicitation, receipt of money and the payment of dividends to its clients,” but the company persists in its deposit-taking activity.
Menzgold has adopted a topsy-turvy approach in dealing with the BoG with its CEO Nana Appiah Mensah calling the bluff of the regulatory body at one time and at another, apologising and pledging to work with it.
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