Lawyers for the Chief Executive Officer of Prestige Group of Companies (A.E.K. Kojo & Associates), Frank Lewi Kukubor, say they have been instructed to initiate criminal proceedings against individuals allegedly involved in circulating his private sexual video for purposes of extortion and blackmail.
The legal team said their client had directed them to pursue charges against those responsible for the alleged blackmail, extortion and circulation of private information without his consent.
The development follows the circulation of an alleged sex video involving Kukubor on social media, which has generated public controversy and allegations against the businessman.
In an account of the incident, Kukubor reportedly told an interviewer that the video originated from a private encounter with a woman in 2020, insisting that it was being used to extort money from him.
According to his account, he first received a call from an unknown individual in 2024, demanding US$500,000 in exchange for not publishing the video.
He said he reported the matter to the Police Cyber Unit, but subsequently received another demand for US$300,000 before the video was eventually circulated online.
According to him, he knew the lady for over 14 years and had invited her over to come and help him out after consuming a bottled drink he purchased when hanging out with friends.
Kukubor maintains that the publication was intended to damage his reputation and undermine his business interests after he refused to meet the financial demands.
His lawyers say the decision to pursue criminal action is intended to ensure that those responsible for the alleged conduct are identified and held accountable.
The businessman has also denied claims that he leaked the video himself, insisting that the recording was obtained without his knowledge and subsequently used as a tool for blackmail.
He further alleged that his phone had been compromised since 2020, raising concerns that personal information, including his banking details, may have been accessed.
Kukubor said he had also reported the matter to the Cyber Security Authority for investigation.
He rejected suggestions that the alleged incident occurred at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel, where he maintains an office, insisting that the matter concerned a private encounter between two consenting adults.
According to him, four years after the said incident, he received a call from an unknown number, claiming to be in possession of his nude videos.
The caller, according to Frank Lewi Kukubor, at the time, demanded for US$500,000 from him, failure on his part, he will share the video online.
Frank Lewi Kukubor explained that, he quickly reported the incident to the Police Cyber Unit, which promised to look into it and ensure the culprits are brought to book, until recently another call came through, this time the demand was US$300,000.
With all these developments, Frank Lewi Kukubor believes the idea behind the leaked video is to blackmail him into paying such huge sums of money and because he seemed not to be ready to play that game with the callers, they gave the video out to one Carlos, who introduced himself as a blogger, to leaked the video.
He revealed that when the incident happened, he together with the lady involved, agreed to delete the video, which was deleted, since it was an error on his part.
According to him, he couldn’t fathom how the video came about.
Frank Lewi Kukubor pointed out that, when his phone was hacked, his bank details was also hacked.
He stressed that, the incident occurred six years ago and its obvious, he is being targeted by people who either want to destroy his personality or his business.
Frank Lewi Kukubor also noted that his attention was also drawn to a TikTok account bearing the username @MrElmi006, which has been identified as circulating the said video.
“I strongly believe that this malicious publication too is calculated to tarnish my hard-earned reputation, subject me to public ridicule and undermine my personal and business interests. I have also reported the matter to the Cyber Security Authority for the necessary attention.”
The Prestige Group CEO also dismissed allegations circulating online describing him as a fraudster, challenging anyone who claims to have been defrauded in land transactions involving his business to pursue the matter through the police or the courts.
He maintained that Prestige Group operates as a legally registered business with subsidiaries involved in land-related activities, and that attempts to link his personal life to his business is nothing but an agenda to destroy his businesses.
He also revealed that that never happened at Movenpick Ambassador Hotel where he owns an office as claimed by the blackmailers, and insisted he never leaked any video as claimed.
He said: “My phone was hacked into from 2020 and since then, I have been blackmailed. What is on the phone has nothing to do with the company. It is between two adults and for that matter the leaking of the video is pure blackmail.”
Frank Lewi Kukubor insisted that there is no way he will succumb to their demand since he had made a formal complaint with the police.
“The police will soon unravel the mystery surrounding all these. And I hope, the whole world will understand what this whole thing is about,” he said.
“I am saying this. The video is being used as tool for blackmail and extortion, and I will not succumb to that.”
Commenting on claims that he is a fraudster and has defrauded countless number of people, Frank Lewis indicated that that claim is also false.
According to him, he is a businessman who has a genuine registered business and operating under the laws of Ghana but anybody who thinks he has defrauded him or her as regards land purchase, knows where to go.
“The police is there, the courts are there. If anybody thinks I have defrauded him or her, or I took money from them promising to give them land and failed to do so, they know where to go,” he insisted. And I am not a fraudster and cannot succumb to blackmailers. If they claim I am a fraud and defrauding people, the people who I defraud know where to go.
He said, Prestige Group has subsidiaries which deals in land and although, the company has over 160-acre land titles, none has been sold or given to anybody.
He then challenged his accusers to come with clean hands and prove their claims of fraud against him.
He expressed confidence in the police to do their investigations and ensure that the blackmailers are brought to book.
The lawyers’ intended legal action adds a new dimension to the controversy, shifting attention to the alleged unlawful acquisition and circulation of private material and the reported extortion.
The allegations of blackmail, extortion and unauthorised circulation of the video remain subject to investigation.
