At least 73 people have accused CAMTRAV International, a Douala-based travel company, of defrauding them of huge amounts of money while failing to secure travel documents abroad.
MMI News has documented the accounts of 73 people who said they were scammed by the company’s CEO, Lucha Titus Kinyih Ghughu.
Our calculations from the various receipts submitted by complainants total 141,725,000 FCFA—money they said was paid to the company to follow up travel documents.
This amount, we have learned, is a tiny fraction of what Lucha Titus Kinyih Ghughu has reportedly taken from Cameroonians seeking to travel abroad.
From the various documents we have examined, the CEO reportedly provided the victims with fake documents, presenting them as visa guarantees. Lucha had promised he could secure travel documents to several countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. For others, when the deals fell through, he promised to refund the money but reportedly failed to do so.
The victims said they have lodged several complaints with various administrative officials in Douala, but no action has been taken.
However, MMI News has seen a document dated April 25, 2026, from the Gendarmerie Company Brigade Bonaberi 1, opening an investigation against Lucha Titus Kinyih Ghughu and others believed to be his accomplices: Kwambe Jovis, Martin Lucha, Lucha Nadine, and Tiemedeng Brenda, among others.
According to the Gendarmerie, they are wanted for fraud, having defrauded 80 people seeking to travel abroad of large sums of money.
Additionally, MMI News has seen a separate complaint filed with the public prosecutor’s office in the Douala Court of First Instance by 59 others.
The victims stated: “Indeed, it has been almost exactly two years since we applied for visas to various countries through a travel agency called CAMTRAV International Consulting (Bonaberi Fire Station entrance), represented by Mr. and Mrs. Lucha TITUS KINYIH GHUGHU (PDG), KWAMBE Jovis and Martins LUCHA (Manager), LUCHA Nadine and TIEMEDENG Brenda, Anne Marie, Flora, Florence, and Oscar (all secretaries), and Divine (driver). We made payments to the said agency against contracts and receipts.”
CEO Makes a Mockery of Victims
Apart from taking the complainants’ money, Lucha Titus Kinyih Ghughu is reported to have insulted some of them on WhatsApp when they got back to him.
Victims say he claims there is nothing they can do to him apart from “making noise on social media”.
One victim said he called them “idiots,” adding that he will only come out when he wants.
Some victims told MMI News that they went to the company, but it was closed.