By Joyce Danso
Accra, Jan. 16, GNA – Former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Madam Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, has been arrested and detained by United States authorities following an extradition request from Ghana.
She is currently being held at the Nevada Southern Detention Centre, according to a statement signed by Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, Mr Victor Smith.
Madam Tamakloe-Attionu was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in absentia by a High Court in Accra after being found guilty of causing financial loss to the State.
The offences, committed between 2013 and 2016, included stealing, conspiracy to steal, money laundering and breaches of the Public Procurement Act.
Her co-accused, Mr Daniel Axim, a former Chief Operating Officer of MASLOC, was also convicted in the case.
Madam Tamakloe-Attionu left Ghana after obtaining court permission to seek medical treatment in the United States but failed to return, leading to her trial and conviction in absentia.
Upon completion of the extradition process, she is expected to be returned to Ghana to serve her sentence.
GNA
Edited by Agnes Boye-Doe
