Deputy Attorney General Justice Srem-Sai has confirmed that Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, is currently under criminal investigation for multiple offences, including fraud, causing financial loss to the state, and money laundering.
“Suspect BERNARD ANTWI BOASIAKO, a.k.a. Chairman Wontumi, is under investigation for various criminal offences,” Justice Srem-Sai stated in an official update.
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), which is leading the investigation, has initiated asset recovery processes alongside the criminal probe to prevent the suspected dissipation of proceeds from unlawful activity.
“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,” Srem-Sai explained.
In addition to the domestic charges, Chairman Wontumi is also facing a second, international layer of investigation. EOCO, according to the Deputy AG, is actively collaborating with foreign law enforcement agencies as part of efforts to dismantle a wider organised crime network.
“The suspect is also under a second strand of investigation which is part of a larger international organised crime scheme.
“The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is assiduously working with our international law enforcement partners on this second strand of criminal investigations,” Justice Srem-Sai revealed.
