Embassy Scandal: Ablakwa details how Fred Kwarteng made $4.8m yearly by 'illegally' redirecting clients

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  • Fu Manchu 6 months ago

    Massa, stop talking and pprosecute, recover the loot and jail that Asanteni fraudster without delay!

  • JESUS IS GOD 6 months ago

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  • JESUS IS GOD 6 months ago

    Jesus Christ loves you and wants to save you from sin and its consequences. He died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day. Believe in Him, accept His gift of forgiveness, and receive eternal ...
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  • Nana 6 months ago

    Ayigbes are very envious ppl.Such a Rat like you live in a 8,000 USA Dollars per Mth mansion in Accra. Didn't the IT guy register his company in USA?Is he not having a permit letter from Mad Alima Mahama to operate the courie ...
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  • Vape 6 months ago

    Shameless thieves...just listen to your smelly fart rubbish words.Kwarteng is a thief.if the MOFA was your company will you allow a contract staff or regular staff to scam you with such schemes. Your kind would have been summ ...
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  • Kwame 6 months ago

    If your foreign ministry was dumb to see such an opportunity and an individual has made use of it why the envy him. I’m a tour operator and I will say he makes it easy for all my clients from TN

  • Jacob 6 months ago

    Don’t blame the smart guy. The embassy is staffed with cronies and very incompetent people who were not appointed on merit. Most of them too have different jobs so they neglect the embassy which sent them to the USA. You ha ...
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  • FOOLISH ABLAKWA AND HIS USELESS MINISTRY ARE ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MONIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT 6 months ago

    IN A CIVILIZED NATION LIKE AMERICA, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE INITIATED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FRAUDSTERS ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS THAT WERE DUPED TO PAY INFLATED FEES TO THAT VENDOR AND A JUDGE WOULD ORDER THAT ...
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  • KWAKU BADU (THE MAN HIDING IN THE SPIDER'S WEB) 6 months ago

    WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE HEAD OF SOME OF YOU?
    IT IS DISTURBING TO READ COMMENTS FROM SOME OF YOU. CRIMES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED AND THE ONE WHO IS TRYING TO RIGHT THE WRONG IS BEING ATTACKED, WHAT KIND OF MINDSET IS THAT?
    IT IS ...
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  • MARY MAVIS GYAMFIWAA 5 months ago

    where is the crime in this?

  • TAKE THEM TO COURT AND PROVIDE DATA 6 months ago

    HOW MUCH DOES A GHANAIAN VISA APPLICATION IN USA COST? HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLY FOR A GHANAIAN VISA IN THE USA IN ONE YEAR? GYIMIDZETOR YOU ARE NOT TALKING TO YOUR SIDE CHICKS OKAY! NO WONDER YOUR ONLY WORK EXPERIENCE WAS A CLEA ...
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  • Apraku 6 months ago

    LIES LIES Ablakwa!!!
    This can never be true that Kwarteng earned 4.8 million dollars yearly.No monies were diverted into his accounts as you Ablakwa claims.Cheap political points for Ablakwa.

  • KWAKU PORTO RICO 6 months ago

    Idiot asshole okudzeto have so much hate for Akans and he's going to failed big time...a bigot person who is a corrupt himself and liar doesn't deserve any respect from decent human beings.... pls God what Ghana has done wro ...
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  • EBBY 6 months ago

    Unfortunately, most Akans don’t realize the deep hatred from these people towards them. Let’s assume without admitting that this Kwarteng guy had done something wrong, this accusation has absolutely nothing to do with the ...
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  • At every opportunity we steal from Ghana 6 months ago

    Whether home or abroad... Why have we such a mindset

  • Jacob 6 months ago

    Don’t blame the smart guy. The embassy is staffed with cronies and very incompetent people who were not appointed on merit. Most of them too have different jobs so they neglect the embassy which sent them to the USA. You ha ...
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  • KofSam 6 months ago

    Some NPP MPs are just so despicable that they will defend thievery and corruption and they have no shame in doing it . Hon Ablakwa, the foreign minister was summoned to parliament to brief the MPs on the scandal he unearthed ...
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  • Ruthan 6 months ago

    Villager like you thinks USA is a small country like Ghana America is a large country like Russia, you don't need to travel to NY b4 getting your visa.Courier services shd be available to do that job.Can the Embassy offer tha ...
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  • Jaman 6 months ago

    Must be done legally though. Not on the blind side of ministry of foreign affairs.

  • Use your head 6 months ago

    How is it blind? When the provider was queried and allowed to continue his good service to Ghanaians abroad??

  • Obiba JK 6 months ago

    Hon. Ablakwa, you dey jealous the man? Are you aware that he has a valid official contract with the Ghana Embassy? Instead of taking your time to investigate the matter, you start shooting from the hip!! What stops you from s ...
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  • John 6 months ago

    The IT Guy has a permit letter given to him by former Ghana's Ambassador to USA ,Mad Alima Mahama. The question is does the Embassy operate a Courier service?It would have been an offence if the Embassy does.

  • Jaman 6 months ago

    So the right to to is operate on the blind side of the ministry. Mr Kwarteng this is not a winning issue. Take a plea bargain, pay some restitution and some few years in jail

  • Free Radicals 6 months ago

    Anytime This criminal called Ablakwa comes to address parliament the minority should walk out until he resigns from foreign affairs.Since NDC top officials are travelling abroad on private jet.

  • Wwwe 6 months ago

    Lol people want their visas masa hmmm when he did something wrong and he don't want the media to talk about this what too no guy is doing

  • FOOLISH ABLAKWA AND HIS USELESS MINISTRY ARE ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MONIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT "LOST". HOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE DUPED TO PAY THAT FRAUDULENT MONIES? ARE YOU GOING TO RETURN THOSE MONIES BACK TO THEM??? 6 months ago

    IN A CIVILIZED NATION LIKE AMERICA, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE INITIATED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FRAUDSTERS ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS THAT WERE DUPED TO PAY INFLATED FEES TO THAT VENDOR AND A JUDGE WOULD ORDER THAT ...
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  • TAKE THEM TO COURT AND PROVIDE DATA 6 months ago

    HOW MUCH DOES A GHANAIAN APPLICATION COST? HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLY FOR A GHANAIAN VISA IN THE USA IN ONE YEAR? GYIMIDZETOR YOU ARE NOT TALKING TO YOUR SIDE CHICKS OKAY! NO WONDER YOUR ONLY WORK EXPERIENCE WAS A CLEANER AT LEGON ...
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  • Zenabu 6 months ago

    This type of business is legal in the USA. I remember when l was a green card holder and wanted to travel to the UK. I had to pay an agent and l got my visa in less than 24hrs.

  • Concern Citizen 6 months ago

    This 'guy' always lies through his teeth. Delivery of VISA/PASSPORT to applicant is not free.

    In UK, the Ghana embassy request for a special prepaid envelope which cost a minimum of £9.80

    The mistake is the conflict o ...
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  • Twe3 Stone 6 months ago

    This same tricks has been going on in London for ages you will fill a visa form online up to a certain stage and it’s either got frozen or you can’t get to the next page, out of frustration you will go to Archway to look ...
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  • Eugene mensah Larbi 6 months ago

    Hey hey Ablakwa hmmmmmmm

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  • Agbeyo 6 months ago

    My country man can you be trusted, Mr Ablakwa

  • 4 Year Old 6 months ago

    Are you sure this poor guy made 4.8 million dollars off of Ghana Embassy transactions without the express knowledge of the Ambassador? I hope you have evidence, Mr. Minister before it comes back to haunt you.

  • Koppong 6 months ago

    Ablakwah come clear average all couriers services charges around $29.99 for priority service
    Also visa charges around $60.00 for single and multiple charges $100, so was he diverting the visa charges into his private account ...
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  • Koppong 6 months ago

    Use Ghana card and is safe

  • K mainoo 6 months ago

    Ah, ah, what voodoo calculations is, this. Do you know how much ups or DHL charges to deliver a passport securely to you. You are talking as I'd the 29. 75 all comes to his company. Probably only 9.75 comes to him or at most ...
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  • Ghanaweb 6 months ago

    He was employed by NDC

  • Purewater 6 months ago

    Dtill allegations. Wait for EOCO to investigate before you can now come out publicly. Unfortunately you have already called him a criminal before the forensic investigations.

  • CONCERN CITIZEN 6 months ago

    This is not a scandal—it is simply envy that a Ghanaian has secured a lucrative contract. We should be proud and supportive when our fellow nationals seize opportunities to create wealth. Imagine if this same service were b ...
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  • Jaman 6 months ago

    This guy must be extradited to Ghana to face trial.We have an extradition treaty with US. We send our people to US all the time. Now is the time for them to return the favor.

    What is shocking is the fact that this guy wen ...
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  • JULOR CAESAR 6 months ago

    The guy clearly wasn't acting alone. He must have had "silent partners" in the embassy who looked out for him while getting their cut of the illegal proceeds.

  • Kwame Peter 6 months ago

    Did the embassy lose any money?

  • Adwoa 6 months ago

    So he made all that amount without cost? Was the delivery and assistance to complete forms come at zero cost? He provided efficient service that explains why 99% of ‘his’ clients patronized GTC. Looks like he saw an oppor ...
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  • world 6 months ago

    saint ablakwa again .

  • Joe Boy 6 months ago

    Ablakwa isn't a man of principle otherwise he would have resigned from the ministry because while in opposition, he said that if the President or Vice president of the NDC government ever traveled by a private jet, he will re ...
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  • Kwame 6 months ago

    useless mp

  • Badiako the future president 6 months ago

    hang him after the court

  • usa 6 months ago

    The next President in my opinion be this man. SO! SO! Run for President!

  • usa 6 months ago

    Over to you USA's IRS! This Fred Kwaarteng Apparently is a USA citizen working as Ghana support staff. He owes substantial penalties to pay I bet!

  • Nana 6 months ago

    Ablakwa, please find out the courier service charges in US then compare with the amount the guy was charging. The guy applied to render that service to clients as a third party vendor and it was approved by whoever was in cha ...
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  • Nana 6 months ago

    Why has this IT issue affected every staff at the embassy? You have identified the people involved in this fraudulent scheme as you view so why have you sent all the staff home on suspension? This is America ooo! Be careful w ...
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  • WHAT IS HIS CHARGE? DID HE STEAL THE MONEY? PLEASE CHARGE HIM FOR COURT IF HE BREACHED GHANA LAWS. 6 months ago

    What Ayigbes hate is to see an Akan make money; unless that Akan aligns with them. It is okay for an Ayigbe judgment debt contractor like this idiot to make money and live in an $8,000 per month mansion. Continue your blatant ...
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  • Free Radicals 6 months ago

    Seriously is Ablakwa kidding me saying that Fred Kwarteng made $4.8 million dollars yearly and my question is how many people travel to the USA and those visitors to Ghana that from $20 to $65 dollars make $4.8 million dollar ...
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  • Name William 5 months ago

    This woman said she doesn't know how much Quarteng makes and she is defuting Abrakwa assertion. Criminals