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16 Oct

OSP Unfreezes 5 Bank Accounts Of Cecelia Dapaah; Others Still Frozen

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The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has revoked the freezing order for five bank accounts of the former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah. However, other bank accounts and financial assets of Ms Dapaah are still under the freezing order. The OSP made this known in a press statement issued on Monday, October 16. “On 16 October 2023, the Special Prosecutor revoked the freezing order in respect of the eliminated five (5) bank accounts of Ms. Dapaah.” “The freezing order is still in force and effect in respect of the other bank accounts and financial assets of Ms Dapaah.” The Office…

11 Oct

FBI Joins OSP’s Probe Of Cecilia Dapaah’s US Assets

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has joined the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in a synchronized effort aimed at delving deep into the matters of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah. Their joint investigation will touch on assets and financial transactions tied to Ms. Dapaah within the US. This was revealed in a statement by the Special Prosecutor indicating that his outfit "and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) @USEmbassyGhana have initiated concurrent inquiries into the activities of Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the former Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, and her associates.” This cooperative crusade seeks to unravel the…

09 Oct

I Have No Real Estate Business – Cecilia Dapaah Insists

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Former Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has refuted allegations by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) that she has an undeclared real estate business. According to her, the OSP has not provided any evidence of that claim. The court document filed by the Office of the Special Prosecutor said Cecilia Abena Dapaah "was engaged in undisclosed and undeclared real estate business in which she obscured and concealed the transactions by employing the use of aliases to avoid detection of the actual ownership of the business and properties, while cleverly receiving proceeds of the transactions in her bank…

11 Feb

Bawumia Distances Himself From Civil Servant Charged For Not Declaring Source Of Income

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The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has distanced himself from Mr. James Keck Osei, a civil servant in his office, who was part of four persons recently charged for failing to declare their sources of income in contravention of regulation 20 of LI2374. The Office of the special prosecutor in a statement on Friday said it has arrested four persons – three public servants and one civil servant – and charged them for failing to declare their sources of income. The four, Issah Seidu, James Keck Osei, John Abban and Peter Archibald Hyde are due to appear before the High…

11 Feb

OSP Arrests 4 Over Failure To Declare Sources Of Income

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Four persons have been arrested and charged by the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyabeng over failure to comply and declare their sources of income in contravention of regulation 20 of LI2374. They are; Issah Seidu, James Keck Osei, John Abban and Peter Archibald Hyde. “Mr. Siedu works with National Insurance Commission, James works with Office of the Vice President as an administrator and John and Peter are senior Officers with the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority,” OSP indicated in a tweet on Friday. https://twitter.com/ospghana/status/1624085290628313088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1624085290628313088%7Ctwgr%5Ece5712e397d8820b3dd8521c39eaba905f3230d6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myjoyonline.com%2Fosp-arrests-4-over-failure-to-declare-sources-of-income%2F According to the OSP, “the accused are suspects under investigation in respect of corruption and…