Kissi Agyebeng has opened up about the intense and time-consuming nature of gathering digital evidence in the corruption probe involving former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
The Special Prosecutor Agyebeng described how his team seized documents, hard drives, and servers from two corporate offices during coordinated raids with National Security.
“Someone is sitting by the computer, but they can’t even switch it on. We had to carry everything out. That was three days before the Attorney General’s letter requesting the docket came in,” he said.
He detailed the validation process that followed, emphasizing the importance of authenticity in digital evidence.
“We can’t just show up in court with screenshots. If we intercept an email from Yahoo, we must confirm with Yahoo that the email actually came through their database. Otherwise, it’s inadmissible,” he explained on the KSM show monitored by MyNewsGh.
According to Agyebeng, such validation requires cooperation from tech giants like Google and Microsoft, which often takes months.
“It is painstaking work. We have to pair each email, WhatsApp message, and server file with independent verification. That’s why we couldn’t rush the docket,” he noted.
The OSP boss said this level of diligence is necessary to ensure successful prosecution. “We only have one shot at this. We cannot afford to go back and forth with half-baked evidence,” he said firmly.
