Lead investigator with the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Frank Marshall Cromwell, has told the High Court that former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, allegedly issued three cheques totalling US$7 million into a jointly held account.
He told the court that records show that in February 2020, the accused persons paid US$1.75 million to an Israeli company, ISC Holdings, for the procurement of a cybersecurity defence system.
Cromwell further stated that shortly after the transaction, the accused persons instructed the bank to close the accounts used for the payment. Whereas, the remaining funds were later move into another account at UMB Bank belonging to Angela Adjei Boateng.
He also disclosed that investigators are currently tracing the movement of the funds to determine the circumstances surrounding the alleged misappropriation of public money. The court has since adjourned the case as proceedings continue.
Background: Adu Boahene and his wife are standing trial on multiple charges, including stealing, conspiracy to steal, defrauding by false pretences, wilfully causing financial loss to the state, using public office for profit, money laundering, and related offences.
The prosecution alleges that Mr Adu-Boahene, the immediate past director of the National Signals Bureau, unlawfully obtained GH¢49.1 million from the National Security Coordinator’s Special Operations Account and transferred the funds into a private company, BNC Communications Limited, allegedly for personal benefit.
SOURCE:Citinewsroom
