Alfred Woyome charged with fraud, refused bail and remanded

The embattled businessman at the centre of the controversial judgment debt Alfred Agbesi Woyome has been charged for defrauding the state with three other accomplices.

The others are Chief State Attorney of Ghana, Samuel Nerquaye-Tetteh and his wife alongside the legal director at the Ministry of Finance, Paul Asimenu.

Out of the six charges, prosecutors preferred three against Mr. Woyome, two for Nerquaye-Tetteh and one for both his wife and Asimenu in an Accra High Court on Monday.

The police arrested the quartet following staggering revelations in the interim report of the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) over the infamous GhC51 million judgment debt awarded to Mr. Woyome.

The report established that there were clear cases of complicity between current and past government officials prior to the issuance of the judgment debt – described as one of the biggest scandals to have hit the country.

Woyome is alleged to have transferred about GhC 400,000 from his bank account to Mr. Nerquaye-Tetteh’s wife right after the judgment debt was paid, but the report failed to mention reasons behind the payment. Mr. Asimenu has been cited as the key person whose advice led to the payment of the money whiles the chief state attorney failed to defend the case in court when there was a locus .

The police will seek to get a remand ruling to enable the law enforcement agency continue with their investigations.

Source: Ghanaweb