A local staff at the Ghanaian embassy in Washington DC identified as Fred Kwarteng, has been dismissed with immediate effect by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, for engaging in alleged corrupt practices.
Fred Kwarteng, a local staff recruited in 2017 to work at the embassy is reported by the minister to have illegally diverted visa and passport applicants into his privately owned company called Ghana Travel Consultants.
According to Ablakwa, Kwarteng upon interrogation admitted to using his private company to charge extra fees for multiple services without the knowledge of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, and additionally kept the entire revenue generated in his private account. "Mr Kwarteng was a local staff recruited on August 11, 2017 to work in the embassy's IT department.
According to findings and his own admission, he created an unauthorised link on the embassy's website which diverted visa and passport applicants to his company, Ghana Travel Consultants (GTC) where he charged extra for multiple services on the blind side of the ministry and kept the entire proceeds in his private account," the minister indicated on Monday, May 26, 2025.
