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Wontumi pleads not guilty in amended Exim Bank fraud charge sheet

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Wontumi pleads not guilty in amended Exim Bank fraud charge sheet

Background Mr Antwi-Boasiako is standing trial alongside Thomas Antwi-Boasiako, who is reported to be at large, and Wontumi Farms Limited over an alleged financial loss of more than GH¢30 million to Exim Bank.

The case also concerns an allegedly forged document presented to the bank in connection with the purchase of agricultural machinery and allegations of money laundering and causing financial loss to the state.

The convicted former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has pleaded not guilty to five charges in the GH¢30 million alleged fraud case involving the Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank).

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