The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has disclosed that one of the accused persons allegedly involved in the GH¢280 million extortion and money laundering scheme at the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is currently on the run.

In a statement dated July 17, 2025, the OSP indicated that the accused person on the run, identified as Osei Tutu Adjei, is a director of Kel Logistics Limited-one of the companies indicted in the sophisticated crime. "One Osei Tutu Adjei, a director of the ninth accused company is currently at large," the OSP said.

Providing details on how the operations were carried out, Samuel Appiah Darko-Director of Strategy, Research and Communication at the OSP and signatory of the statement-said that the fugitive, Osei Tutu Adjei, allegedly used several companies that have also been charged, to launder illegal proceeds from their criminal acts. "Investigations further revealed that the fourth to seventh accused persons, in collaboration with the fugitive director of Kel Logistics Limited, created and utilised Propnest Ltd., Kel Logistics Ltd., and Kings Energy Ltd.

as vehicles for laundering the illicit proceeds," the OSP disclosed.