{"id":21476,"date":"2021-05-23T07:02:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T07:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=21476"},"modified":"2021-05-23T07:02:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T07:02:48","slug":"nduom-challenges-birim-group-llc-in-us-court-over-money-laundering-and-fraud-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=21476","title":{"rendered":"Nduom challenges Birim Group LLC in US court over money laundering and fraud claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Embattled Businessman, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has taken on equity fund and securities investment company based in the United States, Birim Group LLC, over its legal challenge against him and 18 others including his immediate family, over claims of money laundering and wire fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Nduom in his defence said the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/unnamed-file.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suit by the company&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong>is an attempt to \u201csmear [him] a Ghanaian entrepreneur and political leader of the Progressive People\u2019s Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBirim Group itself is a murky LLC whose members the complaint does not identify. It does not claim to have had any dealings with Dr. Nduom or the other defendants. Rather, Birim Group claims to have paid for the claims of two Ghanaian citizens, Mavis Amanpene Sekyere and Nana Kwame Twum Barimah (the \u201cAssignors\u201d), who have what at most amounts to breach-of-contract claims under Ghanaian law against Ghanaian bank GN Bank and Ghanaian investment firm Gold Coast Fund Management (\u201cGCFM\u201d) (collectively, the \u201cGhanaian Defendants\u201d),\u201d the document filed by Nduom stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plaintiff in the suit alleged that Groupe Nduom engaged in many illegalities for the \u201csole personal financial benefit of the Nduom family\u201d, and used his businesses as a conduit to \u201cfacilitate the unlawful acts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the writ, the plaintiff\u2019s assignors \u201care victims of defendants\u2019 fraudulent, avaricious and criminal conduct perpetrated on more than a million unsuspecting depositors who have lost their life savings because of defendants\u2019 unlawful acts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference was also made to the recent clean-up in Ghana\u2019s financial sector where the plaintiff claims \u201ca substantial portion of its [GN Bank] loans were illegally made to Nduom-related entities without the benefit of appropriate risk assessments, managements or determinants\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Dr. Nduom has denied all the claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He argued that the plaintiff has no direct business with him or the other defendants, and therefore does not have a case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis motion is brought by more than a dozen US Defendants named in the complaint but who have never met, spoken to, or be involved in any transaction with either Assignor. This includes Dr. Nduom and his immediate family; GN-IL, a Chicago bank in which Dr. Nduom invested, as well as GN-IL\u2019s outside directors and CEO, and three other companies owned in part by members of the Nduom family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUltimately, the complaint fails to state a claim against any of the US Defendants. It cannot do so because none of the US Defendants had anything to do with the Assignors. As such, the complaint is properly dismissed with prejudice against the US Defenders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the many reliefs being sought by Birim Group LLC, acting as assignors, are a, \u201ctreble compensatory damages, as well as consequential, exemplary and punitive damages in an amount to be determined by trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also want the court to order \u201cdisgorgement of all profits, benefits and other compensation obtained by defendants including all ill-gotten gains from their illegal and criminal activities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In reaction to this, Group Nduom believes the \u201ccomplainant ultimately fails against the US defendant because no US defendant is alleged to have done anything to cause either the Assignor harm \u2013 and the focus must be on the Assignors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBirim Group had no business with the defendant but says it paid assignors\u2019 claims so it could file this case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defendants reiterate the suspicion of \u201ca political smear and not a legitimate use of the Court to resolve a legal dispute\u201d as the rationale behind the case because, according to them, the Assignors\u2019 losses are $52,219 and $30,000, respectively, contrary to what they say is overblown by the Birim Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Groupe Nduom on April 5, 2021, filed a motion asking for dismissal of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rejoinder-Bawumia-Should-be-NPPs-Flagbearer-Prof.-Oquaye.pdf\"><strong>Read Nduom\u2019s full responses here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Send your news stories to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled Businessman, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has taken on equity fund and securities investment company based in the United States, Birim Group LLC, over its legal challenge against him and 18 others including his immediate family, over claims of money laundering and wire fraud. 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