By Morkporkpor Anku
Accra, Oct. 13, GNA – Mrs Gifty Oware-Mensah, a former Deputy Director of the National Service Authority (NSA) faces five counts of criminal charges filed by the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.
These charges include stealing, willfully causing financial loss, using public office for profit, and money laundering.
The brief facts indicated that Mrs Oware-Mensah, who oversaw the NSA’s Finance and Procurement Departments, allegedly engineered an elaborate scam involving the NSA’s “marketplace” platform, a system designed to provide hire-purchase services to service personnel.
The prosecution alleged that she took control of a private company, Blocks of Life Consult, and generated a list of 9,934 ghost names from the NSA’s system.
She then approached the Agricultural Development Bank, falsely claiming her company had supplied goods to these ghosts and needed a loan, using their non-existent allowances as collateral.
This led to her orchestrating a loan agreement between ADB and the NSA, resulting in a GH¢31.5 million disbursement directly into her company’s account.
She subsequently transferred over GH¢22.9 million of this amount to another company where she was a Director.
According to the fact sheets, no goods were ever supplied to any service personnel.
With accrued interest, her actions allegedly caused a total loss of GH¢38,458,248.87 to the State.
GNA
Edited by Samuel Osei-Frempong