Prince Tagoe Jailed For Defrauding Black Stars' Assistant Coach George Boateng Of $40,000 - Details

Prince Tagoe, Former Black Stars striker, has been remanded into police custody for two weeks after allegedly duping an assistant coach of the Black Stars, George Boateng.

Boateng, a former Netherlands international currently working with the Stars, reportedly gave Tagoe $40,000 to import a Lexus for him after Tagoe claimed to be a car dealer.

After taking the money, the former Hearts of Oak striker could not deliver the car.

Despite failing to import the car, Tagoe did not pay Boateng his money either!

Boateng paid Tagoe the money in January 2021. He promised to deliver the car by end of March but failed to do so. Subsequent attempts by Boateng to retrieve the money failed.

The case was reported to the police who arrested Tagoe and arraigned him before court.

Consequently, the judge has adjourned the case till January 4th 2022 and remanded Prince Tagoe into custody, meaning he gets to spend the festive season behind bars!

Tagoe pleaded not guilty to the charge of defrauding by false pretences. He claims to have used the money to settle a personal issue and begged for more time to pay back but was never able to raise the money on time.

Here’s a wild story:

Prince Tagoe has been remanded in custody until Jan 4 for defrauding Ghana assistant coach George Boateng of $40,000.

Basically, PT told GB he was into importing cars; GB paid him $40k to import a Lexus for him. PT didn’t, and never paid back the money. pic.twitter.com/Kdwu3I3Yol

— Fentuo Tahiru Fentuo (@Fentuo_) December 21, 2022