… The prosecution said it had not obtained the complete bank statement pages covering pages two to 89 of Advantage Solutions Limited’s UMB account, although it maintained that the defence already had copies because the documents had previously been tendered in evidence as Exhibits …
… Mr Adu Boahene, his wife Angela Boateng, and Advantage Solutions Limited (ASL) are standing trial over allegations that they misappropriated GH¢49.1 million intended for the acquisition of cybersecurity software for the National Signals Bureau. …
… never supplied to the NSB. “Our investigation established that ISC Holdings Limited did not deliver the cyber defence system to the NSB, and that NSB does not have the cyber defence system in its inventory.” Mr Adu-Boahene, his wife Angela Boateng, and Advantage Solutions Limited …
… The witness further confirmed that funds were at times transferred from BNC Communications Bureau Limited accounts to Advantage Solutions Limited accounts for transactional purposes. …
… The two, as well as Advantage Solutions Limited, are facing a total of 11 counts of conspiracy to commit crime, stealing, using public office for profit, money laundering and causing financial loss to the state. …
… The trial continued on Monday with the defence drawing attention to substantial withdrawals from accounts linked to Advantage Solutions Limited and its subsidiaries. …
… Adu-Boahene, his wife Angela Boateng, and Advantage Solutions Limited are standing trial over allegations that they misappropriated GH¢49 million intended for the purchase of government cybersecurity software. …
… Lawyers for the accused first sought to tender email correspondence between the witness and third-party pension managers linked to the third accused company, Advantage Solutions Limited. …
NSB trial hears of pre-signed cheques used for withdrawals
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Madam Mildred Donkor, a former Director of Advantage Solutions Limited, on Tuesday told the High Court how she managed bank accounts and executed financial transactions for the accused, Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng. …
… Mildred Donkor, a former director of Advantage Solutions Limited, made the disclosure during her examination-in-chief before Justice Francis Achibonga at Criminal Court 3, with the Deputy Attorney-General leading her evidence. …
The Attorney-General's Office has admitted to the High Court that it does not possess key documents relating to the disputed GH¢49.1 million transaction at the centre of the prosecution's case against former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others. The disclosure followed a Court of Appeal order directing the prosecution to produce missing bank statements, records relating to the source and purpose of the funds, and other documents essential to the defence.
The Attorney-General's Office has admitted to the High Court that it does not possess key documents relating to the disputed GH¢49.1 million transaction at the centre of the prosecution's case against former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others. The disclosure followed a Court of Appeal order directing the prosecution to produce missing bank statements, records relating to the source and purpose of the funds, and other documents essential to the defence.
An EOCO investigator testified in the Accra High Court that former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu Boahene's claim that GH¢49.1 million meant for cybersecurity software was spent on special operations lacked investigation support and was an afterthought. The witness alleged the funds were diverted through private accounts and withdrawn by individuals on Adu Boahene's instructions, with nearly all exhausted by August 2020.
An EOCO investigator told Accra High Court that the National Signals Bureau never received the cyber defence system for which GH¢49.1 million was spent in 2020, with only GH¢9,537,500 of the funds transferred to the Israeli supplier and the remainder allegedly used for personal purposes by former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and associates.
Mildred Donkor, a prosecution witness in the trial of Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others, testified that UMB Bank branches could not independently transfer funds between themselves; such approvals could only come from headquarters. The witness acknowledged that Adu-Boahene and his wife had a special banking relationship with the bank that facilitated certain transactions, but rejected defence suggestions that fund movements through various companies were intended to create a complex network for their benefit.
Mildred Donkor, a prosecution witness in the trial of former NSB Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife Angela Adjei-Boateng, testified that her provision of cash withdrawal and deposit assistance to Adu-Boahene while at Universal Merchant Bank was not irregular or illegal, describing it as normal banking service. Adu-Boahene and his wife face 11 counts including conspiracy to commit crime, stealing, money laundering, and causing financial loss to the state over alleged theft of GH$49.1 million.
Mildred Donkor, the third prosecution witness in the trial of former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and two others, confirmed that authorised withdrawals would appear in bank statements and that payments to Gerald Osei Tutu totalled GH¢4.4 million. The prosecution alleges GH¢49.1 million in public funds were unlawfully diverted through cheques into accounts allegedly controlled by the accused.
A prosecution witness in the trial of former NSB boss Kwabena Adu-Boahene testified that a GH¢7.2 million transfer was paid into the Director of the National Signals Bureau's personal account rather than the institution's general account, maintaining this position during cross-examination.
The High Court's Specialised Division has rejected attempts by lawyers for Kwabena Adu-Boahene and other accused persons to tender email communications and pension payment receipts as evidence in the National Signals Bureau trial, with the prosecution arguing the documents were irrelevant to the charges.
A former Director of Advantage Solutions Limited testified in the High Court on how she managed bank accounts and executed financial transactions for accused Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng. She explained that funds from BNC Communications Bureau Limited were transferred to other company accounts when cheques were unavailable, and that payments were made to suppliers and third parties.
A former director of Advantage Solutions told an Accra High Court that Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his wife Angela Adjei Boateng signed cheque books in advance, which were later filled in and used to withdraw funds from accounts linked to the accused in the GH¢49 million National Signals Bureau case.