Suspect Bernard Antwi Boasiako a.k.a. Chairman Wontumi, is under investigation for various criminal offences (including fraud, causing financial loss to the State, and money laundering).
According to Deputy Attorney General, Justice Srem Sai, ”the criminal investigation is running concurrently with asset recovery processes – to prevent further dissipation of what law enforcement agencies strongly suspect to be proceeds of crime”.
The suspect is also under a second strand of investigation which is part of a lager international organised crime scheme.
According to the Deputy AG, ‘the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is assiduously working with our international law enforcement partners on this second strand of criminal investigations.