Joseph Kwame Kumah Worried About Alarming Rate Of Identity Theft

The Member of Parliament for the Kintampo North constituency in the Bono East region, Joseph Kwame Kumah has expressed worry about the increasing rate of identity theft in the country.

According to the MP, not less than fifteen innocent people have been defrauded through the impersonation of the lawmaker within the Kintampo constituency alone despite efforts by the police to clamp down on the perpetrators.

Mr Joseph Kumah is therefore advocating more stringent measures to combat the increasing cybercrime within the Kintampo area and the country at large.

He made the call during a press conference in parliament House with parliamentary reporters.

“The surge in fraudsters duping the youth of Ghana, duping all manner of persons through social media identity theft, defrauding people through impersonation, using MPs pictures, creating multiple social media accounts, Facebook Messenger and what have you.”

“I have become worried for years now but today I have seen that it is our collective responsibility beginning from we individuals as MP and a societal issue that we must all see as a problem,” he stated.

By: Christian Kpesese