Wontumi is under investigation for multiple offences including fraud, money laundering, causing financial loss - Srem-Sai
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi is under investigations for multiple criminal offences including fraud, money laundering and causing financial loss to the state, a Deputy Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai has said.
According to the Deputy A-G, the ongoing criminal investigation is running concurrently with asset recovery efforts to prevent the suspected proceeds of crime from being dissipated.
He also gave a hint of a second strand of investigations involving Chairman Wontumi’s alleged role in a larger international organised crime scheme.
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is said to be working closely with international law enforcement partners in this regard, he indicated.
