Sylvia Bongo, the wife of Gabon’s ousted President Ali Bongo, has been charged with money laundering, receiving stolen property, forgery, and the use of forgery. Public prosecutor Andre Patrick Roponat announced on Friday that Sylvia Bongo’s case had been brought before an investigating judge the day before. He also said …
Read More »Defunct Beige Bank boss charged with stealing, laundering over GH¢2.1 billion
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of now-defunct Beige Bank, Michael Nyinaku has been charged with stealing, money laundering by the state. In a charge sheet and the brief facts of the case filed at the registry of the criminal High Court on Wednesday November 2, 2022, Michael Nyinaku was charged …
Read More »US-based Ghanaian faces 50 years in jail over fraud, money laundering
A 31-year-old Ghanaian, by name Abdul Inusah, has been convicted in the United States (US) for defrauding individuals in multiple states. According to a statement issued by the US Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of West Virginia, Inusah was convicted by a federal jury for his role in …
Read More »US-based Ghanaian pleads guilty to laundering $35m from Americans
US-based Ghanaian, Fred Asante, who was arrested on February 17, 2021, as a member of a criminal money laundering syndicate in Ghana, has now pleaded guilty. Fred Asante pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and …
Read More »Alleged money laundering: Groupe Nduom, others sued for $63m in the US
\ • Papa Kwesi Nduom’s Groupe Nduom has been cited in a lawsuit by a US-based company for alleged involvement in money laundering and wire fraud • The Plaintiff, Birim Group LLC accused Mr. Nduom and his family of executing some of the alleged criminal activities through his established …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Top NPP Gov’t official in money laundering scandal
A top government official in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has been busted while attempting to allegedly launder money in London. The said official, acting in concert with some unscrupulous airport officials, managed to fly a colossal sum of foreign currency to London. The money was carried in a …
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