Wontumi under investigation over fraud, money laundering – Deputy A-G
Dr Justice Srem-Sai, the Deputy Attorney-General, says Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, is under investigation for criminal offences, including fraud, causing financial loss to the State, and money laundering.
He said the criminal investigation was running concurrently with asset recovery processes to prevent further dissipation of what the law enforcement agencies strongly suspected to be proceeds of crime.
The Deputy-Attorney General said the suspect was also under a second strand of investigation, which was part of a larger international organised crime scheme.
“The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is assiduously working with international law enforcement partners on this second strand of criminal investigations,” Mr Srem-Sai said on his Faceboo...