General News of Wednesday, 5 February 2020Source: Graphic.com.ghKwabena Duffuor and Johnson Asiama charged with money laundering, causing financial lossDr Duffuor has been charged with money laundering and dishonestly receivingThe Attorney-General (A-G) has dragged former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor and former 2nd Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mr Johnson Asiama to court over the collapse of defunct uniBank. Dr Duffuor has been charged with money laundering and dishonestly receiving, while Dr Asiama has been charged with willfully causing financial loss to the state. The other accused persons have been slapped with several charges including fraudulent breach of trust, money laundering, conspiracy to commit crime and the contravention of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Act. It is the case of the A-G that Dr Duffuor and HODA group allegedly dishonestly received more than Gh¢660 million from uniBank. According to the A-G, Dr Asiama knew that uniBank was in financial distress but he allegedly went ahead to approve the deal.

Source: GhanaWeb February 05, 2020 17:26 UTC