A mahama girl accused of stealing GH ¢ 93m

General News of Friday, February 1, 2019

Source: dailyguideafrica.com

2019-02-01

Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, former General Manager of the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) under the former Mahama government, has been accused of causing a financial loss of 93 044 134.66 GH ¢ to the # 39; State.

Daniel Axim, former operations manager at MASLOC, was facing charges against the former Mahama staff member, under whose supervision the alleged misappropriation of public funds occurred. .

Both counts face 80 counts of indictment, including conspiracy, theft, unauthorized commitment resulting in a financial obligation to the government, improper payment, money laundering and violation of the law. on public procurement.

The two defendants would be brought to court for stealing a total of 3 198 280 GH during their tenure at MASLOC and deliberately caused the state a financial loss in the amount of 1 973 780 GH.

Once again, Ms. Attionu and her accomplice, according to the facts, made unlicensed commitments to MASLOC, which resulted in financial obligations of 61,735,832.50 GHGs to the government.

The charges against both parties also include 22,158,118.85 GH ¢ loss of public property and irregular payment of 273,743.66 GH ¢, as well as the bleaching of 3,704,380 GH ¢.

The state's charges against the two are a result of investigations by the Bureau of Economic and Organized Crime (EOCO) into fraudulent payment of MASLOC funds during their tenure.

The two men are expected to be taken to court on Monday, February 4, 2019, to be officially read and their pleadings heard.

Facts about the case

According to the facts of the case, which were filed in the registry of the criminal chamber of a high court of Accra, Ms. Attionu allegedly embezzled an amount of 500 000 GH ¢ MASLOC funds invested in Obaatanpa Micro-Finance Company Limited (Obaatanpa), an approved Level II microfinance company, which was subsequently withdrawn due to strong interest.

"In 2017, when the new CEO of MASLOC took office, a notice of application was again sent to Obaatanpa for the payment of interest accrued on the same amount of investment of 500 000 GH ¢ after which Obaatanpa again informed MASLOC that the money had been paid. has already been repaid since 2014. Investigations later revealed that MASLOC had no record of the amount paid to it and that the first accused person (Ms. Attionu) had appropriated the amount of 500 000 GH ¢ ", have indicated the facts.

Investigations further revealed that in April 2016, Ms. Attionu had obtained the approval of the MASLOC board of directors to use MASH's 1,706,000 GH ¢ of funds as part of a national awareness and surveillance program for 85,300 MASLOC loan recipients.

Each of the 85,300 targeted beneficiaries was to receive 20 GH ¢ to cover transportation and refreshments.

Between April and December 2016, under the authority of the first accused, a total sum of GH 1,206,000 was withdrawn in installments and was received by the first and second accused, although the MASLOC board approved a sum of GH 1,706,000.

Once again, investigations revealed that, of GH 1 16 6 000, only GHG 1 300 was spent on refreshments for certain beneficiaries in the Volta, Greater Accra and Brong-Ahafo regions and that 39; no program has been set up in the other seven regions ", according to the indictment.

The former boss of MASLOC was also accused of having embezzled 579,800 GH ¢ of 1,450,035 GH ¢ support granted by the government to the victims of the Kantamanto Market Fire incident in 2013.

According to the state, Ms. Attionu, without resorting to the law on government procurement, signed a contract with Mac Autos on December 6, 2016 to provide MASLOC with 350 vehicles including 150 Chevrolet Aveo cars, 100 Chevrolet Sparklite cars and 33 buses. Isuzu.

Although MASLOC claimed a tax exemption on vehicles, it inflated the unit price of the Chevrolet Aveo from $ 47,346.93 ($ 12,009.91) to GH ¢ 74,495 ($ 18,883.39) and $ 65,095.00 ($ 16,500.63) instead of $ 35,928.77 for the Chevrolet Sparklite.

"For Isuzu 33-seater buses, the unit price offered to MASLOC was 445,560 GHAC (112,942.96 USD), but the actual retail price without duty was 293,877.55 GHAC (74,493.67 USD) ", according to the facts.

The former appointee in Mahama also inflated the price of a Samsung mobile phone purchased as part of a project called PINCO Market Survey, which went from 24,400 GHAC to 93,412 GH ¢.

Finally, without the authorization or approval of the Board of Directors, Ms. Attionu is charged, to herself and her substitute, Mustapha Abubakar Batalima, the sum of 135,592.33 GH ¢ and 82,218.76 GH Respectively, for free and 28,445.94 GH ¢ and 27,486.62 for both to go on leave.