Posts Tagged ‘Askallukan’

Askallukan fraud case four defendants sentenced 4 and half years

December 28 | Posted by ocean | Crime, Ethiopia, News, People, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

Court fines each 5,000 Br, suspends their civil liberties for two years The criminal case of Askallukan Trading Plc came to an end when each of the four defendants were sentenced to four and half years imprisonment, fined 5,000 Br, and had their civil rights suspended for two years by the Sixth... Read more

Askallukan Managing Director Girmay Gebremichael Arrested in Germany

December 5 | Posted by ocean | Crime, Ethiopia, Featured, World Tags: , , ,

Girmay Gebremichael, the major shareholder and managing director of Askallukan Trading P.L.C. who was suspected of defrauding 45 million birr from over 1,200 people in connection with the 2010 FIFA World Cup, was arrested in Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday, it was learnt. Girmay, whose company run a promotional campaign announcing that it had 10,000 guaranteed visas for... Read more

World cup fraud. A cry for Justice

July 20 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World Cup 2010 Tags: , , , ,

Gov’t agencies endorsed the fraud. Berhanu Mengesha (seen in picture), 30, a resident of Jimma and a mechanic by profession, shouts for justice. He claims to have been defrauded by Askallukan Trading Plc when he paid for a trip to South Africa for the World Cup. He bought a package from Askallukan Trading, who ran... Read more