FIC Freezes Chairman Wontumi’s Bank Accounts Over Alleged Financial Irregularities and Mining Probe

FIC Freezes Chairman Wontumi’s Bank Accounts Over Alleged Financial Irregularities and Mining Probe

The Financial Intelligence Centre () has frozen the bank accounts of Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as , amid ongoing investigations into alleged financial irregularities and illegal mining activities. The decision, according to sources close to the investigation, follows suspicious transactions linked to mining operations under scrutiny as part of a broader anti-galamsey clampdown in […] The post FIC Freezes Chairman Wontumi’s Bank Acc…

FIC reportedly freezes Chairman Wontumi, Akonta mining accounts amid major probe

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has reportedly frozen all bank accounts belonging to Bernard Antwi Boasiako—popularly known as Chairman Wontumi—the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), as well as those of his mining company, Akonta Mining. According to a report by 3News, the action was taken under Section 56(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044), as part of ongoing investigations into alle…

Come with soldiers and you cannot do anything to me- Chairman Wontumi dares President Mahama

Ashanti Regional chairman on the ticket of the NPP, Chairman Wontumi has dared President Mahama. Amid reports that Chairman Wontumi is doing more harm than good to Ghanaians through his Akonta mining, an old video of him has surfaced online. In the video, Chairman Wontumi was seen denigrating the president, who was then, a former

FIC freezes Chairman Wontumi’s bank accounts over suspected financial misconduct

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has frozen all bank accounts associated with Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, and his mining company, Akonta Mining, amid allegations of money laundering and financial irregularities. Sources at the FIC confirmed to TV3 that the action was taken under Section 56(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044), which empowers the Centre to freeze accounts where there is reas…