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The Attorney-General has filed charges against Mr. Adu Boahene, the former Signal Bureau Director and his wife Anagela Adjei-Boateng and two others.
The others are Mildred Donkor (a former employee of UMB and a company called Advantage Solutions Limited, a holding company owned by Mr. Adu Boahene and his wife.
Dr Dominic Ayine, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, at a press briefing, said Advantage Solutions Limited received a substantial portion of the funds and was used as a conduit for funneling the funds into other companies owned by them.
These other companies are Vertex Properties, Vertex Solutions, and the famous BNC Communications Bureau Limited. He said the accused persons activities resulted in the loss of GH₵49,100,00 or at the prevailing exchange rate in February and March of 2020 when the crime took place, the equivalent of $7,000,000.00.
He said based on the evidence on the docket, “we have charged Mr. Adu Boahene, with stealing, defrauding by false pretenses, willfully cause financial loss to the state, using public office for profit and money-laundering.
His wife, Madam Anagela Adjei-Boateng, has been charged with conspiracy to steal, collaboration to commit the crime of using public office for private benefit, conspiracy to commit money-laundering and money-laundering.
He said Mildred Donkor was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit money-laundering and money-laundering, and the same goes for Advantage Solutions Limited. He said he was keenly aware of the criticisms that were levelled against him after his March 20, 2025, press conference and he saw the press briefings as a way of breathing life into those cardinal values of the Constitution.
He said besides the documentary evidence involving bank statements, deposit slips, cheque numbers, and so on, “we have persons with deep knowledge of the matter who have agreed to testify at the trial.” He said the delay in filing charges came about because their diligent investigation team came across yet another scheme hatched by Mr. Adu Boahene, this time, involving Ghana Water Limited.
Source: GNA
