A former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has been slapped with multiple corruption and theft charges linked to a procurement deal that allegedly cost Ghana GH¢49.1 million.

The charges, filed by Attorney General Dr. Dominic Ayine at the High Court on April 30, 2025, accuse Mr. Adu-Boahene and three others of misappropriating state funds under the pretense of purchasing a cyber defence system for the country.

The individuals charged alongside him include his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, a third accused, Mildred Donkor, and a company, Advantage Solutions Limited.

The charge sheet details that on or around February 5, 2020, Mr. Adu-Boahene allegedly diverted GH¢27.1 million from state funds, “with the intention of depriving the Government of Ghana of the said amount.”

A subsequent act of misappropriation reportedly took place on March 20, 2020, where GH¢1 million was allegedly misused in the name of securing a cyber defence system from Israeli-based ISC Holdings Limited.

The final transaction occurred on March 30, 2020, where he is said to have taken another GH¢21 million, also under the guise of procuring the same system from ISC Holdings Limited. Combined, the state lost GH¢49.1 million.

Mr. Adu-Boahene and his spouse have been jointly charged with conspiring to embezzle the amount between February and March 2020.

The prosecution alleges that both parties “agreed to act together to unlawfully take the funds with the intention of depriving the Government of Ghana of the said amount.”

He is further charged with willfully inflicting financial harm on the state, a violation of Section 179A (3)(a) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), by allegedly staging the purchase of a cyber defence system and leading to the total loss of the funds.

The court documents indicate that while serving as the Director of the Bureau of National Communication, Mr. Adu-Boahene allegedly abused his position to orchestrate the fraudulent activity and personally benefit from the GH¢49.1 million.

His wife is also facing a charge of aiding and abetting this abuse of office for personal enrichment. According to the charge sheet, she collaborated with her husband “to commit the offence of using public office for profit,” in contravention of Section 179C(b) of Act 29.

In addition, Mr. Adu-Boahene is accused under the Public Property Protection Act, 1977 (SMCD 140), for allegedly obtaining GH¢49.1 million by claiming it was used to acquire the cyber defence system.

Under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044), he, his wife, Mildred Donkor, and Advantage Solutions Limited are facing charges for knowingly receiving and holding onto proceeds from the alleged theft.

All four have also been charged with conspiring to commit money laundering under the same law, based on claims that they acted together to clean the misappropriated GH¢49.1 million.