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By Alric Lindsay
According to court documents, Freddie Ofori-Agyekumhene, a national of Ghana, was charged with several offences, including illegal entry to the Cayman Islands and possessing a fake passport.
Regarding the first offence, it is alleged that on April 16, 2026, Ofori-Agyekumhene entered the Cayman Islands with a forged, altered or irregular passport.
The second offence on the same date was illegal entry.
The third offence was uttering a false document, purporting it to be genuine, namely a document purporting to be a passport issued by the United Kingdom Government with the intent to deceive the Department of Customs and Border Control.
The fourth offence was failing to truthfully answer CBC officers.
Note to readers
The offences are alleged breaches of section 62(1)(c), 105(1) (a) and 74 (2) of The Customs and Border Control Act (2024 Revision). In addition, the man was charged under section 289 of The Penal Code (2022 Revision).
Section 62(1)(c) of the CBC Act states:
Offences relating to false documents, etc.
62. (1) A person who —
(c) without lawful excuse, the proof of which shall be upon the person, uses or possesses, or causes or allows to be used or possessed, any forged, altered or irregular passport, visa, certificate or other connected document or any endorsement on any of such documents which has been altered or forged, commits an offence.
Section 105(1) (a) of the CBC Act states:
Offences relating to illegal landing and powers of arrest
105. (1) A person who —
(a) lands or attempts to land in the Islands;
(b) does any act preparatory to landing in the Islands; or
(c) remains or resides in the Islands, where such landing, preparing, remaining or residing is or would be in contravention of this Act, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for five years.
Section 74 (2) of the CBC Act states:
(2) A person who fails without lawful excuse, the proof of which shall be upon the person, to answer fully and truthfully to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief any such question, or to produce for inspection any such document, without prejudice to section 62, commits an offence.
Section 289 of The Penal Code (2022 Revision) states:
289. A person who knowingly and fraudulently utters a false document commits an offence of the same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if the person had forged the thing in question.
