The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has today amended the charges against the accused persons in the Republic v. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid & 9 Others case.
This amendment increases the counts from 25 to 54 following the discovery of new evidence from ongoing investigations.
The case is being heard this morning in court.
The Republic has filed 54 criminal charges against officials of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and several associated companies for alleged large-scale extortion, abuse of public office, and money laundering, totalling GH¢291,574,087.19 and US$332,407.47 respectively.
The accused are alleged to have extorted hundreds of millions of cedis and foreign currency from bulk oil transporters and oil marketing companies under the guise of official duties, and subsequently laundered the proceeds through property acquisitions and business entities to conceal their illicit origins.
The accused persons are Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Jacob Kwamina Amuah, Wendy Newman, Albert Ankrah, Isaac Mensah, Bright Bediako-Mensah, Kwaku Aboagye Acquaah, Propnest Limited, Kel Logistics Limited, and Kings Energy Limited.
Meanwhile, the OSP has frozen some assets of the accused, including Vehicles, including tanker trucks, fuel stations, houses, apartments, and parcels of land valued at over GH¢100 million.
Source:Lovinghananews.com
