The Office of the Attorney-General has slapped multiple criminal charges against Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, over allegations of fraud, money laundering and causing financial loss to the state.

Court documents dated May 15, 2026, and signed by Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Justice Srem Sai, accuse Chairman Wontumi, his relative Thomas Antwi-Boasiako, and Wontumi Farms Limited of engaging in transactions that allegedly caused significant losses to the Ghana Export-Import Bank between 2018 and 2022.

AG to prosecute Chairman Wontumi over alleged GH¢24 million loss to the state

According to the charge sheet, one of the counts accuses Bernard Antwi-Boasiako of money laundering contrary to Section 1(2)(c) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044).

The release stated that Chairman Wontumi allegedly “did take possession of a part of the sum of money totalling about Fourteen Million, Three Hundred and Two Thousand Ghana cedis only (GH¢14,302,000.00) from WONTUMI FARMS LIMITED, knowing at the time of taking possession that the money was acquired through fraud.”

The Attorney-General’s office further accused the trio of intentionally causing financial loss to a public institution.

Under Count Four of the charge sheet, prosecutors alleged that Chairman Wontumi, Thomas Antwi-Boasiako and Wontumi Farms Limited “did, in the course of a business transaction with GHANA EXPORT-IMPORT BANK, intentionally cause the said GHANA EXPORT-IMPORT BANK to lose over Thirty Million Ghana cedis (GH¢30,000,000.00).”

The charges form part of what appears to be a broader investigation into financial dealings involving the company and the state-owned bank.

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