OFFICIAL…UNIBANK

Information reaching peacefmonline.com indicates that the Attorney-General (A-G) has hauled former Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffour and former 2nd Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mr. Johnson Asiama to court; officially charging the two.

The State has charged MD. Duffour with money laundering, while Dr. Asiama has been charged with willfully causing financial loss to the state.

They are expected to appear in before an Accra High court soon.

Seven others including Kwabena Duffuor II, Dansoa Kyereh, Jeffrey Amon, Ekow Nyarko Dadzie-Dennis, Elsie, Benjamin Ofori and Kwadwo Opoku Okoh have been also cited in the case and charged with 68 offences by the state for their role in the collapse of UNIBANK in 2017.

The charges preferred against the accused persons include conspiracy to commit crime, money laundering, fraudulent breach of trust and dishonestly appropriating funds of depositors. 

More soon….