Lead investigator at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), , has told the High Court that former National Signals Bureau Director-General, Kwabena Adu Boahene, and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, issued three cheques totaling US$7 million into a jointly owned account.
The revelation came during proceedings in the ongoing GH¢49.1 million theft case when the investigator was being cross-examined by Deputy Attorney-General Justice Srem-Sai.
According to Cromwell, court records indicate that in February 2020, the accused persons made a payment of US$1.75 million to an Israeli company, ISC Holdings, for the procurement of a cybersecurity defence system.
He explained that this was the only payment made from the account for the stated purpose. The investigator further testified that shortly after the transaction, instructions were given for the accounts involved in the deal to be closed.
Cromwell also told the court that the remaining funds in the accounts were later transferred into another UMB Bank account belonging to Angela Adjei Boateng.
The testimony forms part of the prosecution’s efforts to trace the movement of funds and establish what happened to the money at the centre of the case.
Kwabena Adu Boahene and his wife are facing several 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 conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Prosecutors allege that the former NSB Director unlawfully transferred GH¢49.1 million from the National Security Coordinator’s Special Operations Account into the account of a private company, BNC Communications Limited, and that the funds were later used for personal benefit.
The case has been adjourned as the trial continues.
