The Deputy Attorney General, Dr. Justice Srem-Sai, has confirmed that Bernard Antwi Boasiako, aka Chairman Wontumi, is under active investigation for a range of serious criminal offences, including fraud, causing financial loss to the state, and money laundering.
In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, Justice Srem-Sai revealed that the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), in collaboration with international law enforcement agencies, is pursuing two parallel investigations involving the high-profile political figure.
“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),” the Deputy Attorney General posted.
Justice Srem-Sai indicated that the ongoing criminal probe is being carried out alongside asset recovery proceedings aimed at freezing or reclaiming suspected illicit assets.
“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,” he stated.
The Deputy Attorney General also disclosed that Chairman Wontumi is also being investigated as part of a larger transnational criminal network.
“The suspect is also under a second strand of investigation which is part of a larger international organised crime scheme. EOCO is assiduously working with our international law enforcement partners on this second strand of criminal investigations,” he added.
Chairman Wontumi, who serves as the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), was arrested by EOCO on Tuesday after leaving the offices of the National Investigation Bureau (NIB).
