Former
Blackstars
player
Derek
Boateng
has
revealed
that
he
is
part
of
the
few
celebrities
in
the
country
who
failed
to
invest
in
the
now-defunct
Menzgold
owned
by
Nana
Appiah
Mensah.
According
to
him,
it
was
divine
intervention
and
his
life
principles
that
informed
his
decision
not
to
fall
into
the
Ponzi
scheme.
He
continued
that
despite
hearing
about
the
sweet
advantages
of
Menzgold,
he
saw
them
to
be
too
good
to
be
true.
The
former
Blackstars
Midfielder
mentioned
that
some
of
his
colleagues’
footballers
invested
in
Menzgold
but
they
are
now
scared
to
come
out
to
talk
about
it.
He
said:
“I
wasn’t
a
victim
of
Menzgold,
but
I
heard
that
a
lot
of
players
had
deposited
their
money
there.
They
cannot
come
out
now
and
say
it.
It
is
their
business.
“I
did
not
join
Menzgold
because
the
deal
was
too
good
to
be
true.
It’s
not
like
I’m
more
sensible
than
the
others,
but
I
think
God
was
the
one
who
saved
me
from
it
because
it
was
too
much.
I
like
to
suffer
before
getting
my
funds,
so
I
don’t
like
freebies.”
Derek
Boateng
went
on
to
state
that
NAM
1
would
have
paid
him
all
his
money
by
now
because
they
are
neighbours
and
he
would
have
gone
to
his
house
every
day
to
ask
him
for
his
locked-up
cash.
“If
I
were
a
victim,
I’d
have
been
knocking
on
his
gate
regularly
because
we
are
neighbors.
He
would
have
given
me
my
money
because
I’d
go
there
every
day,”
he
said.