Breakdown of charges in GH¢49m cybersecurity scandal against Adu-Boahene

Kwabena Adu-Boahene, the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), has been charged with theft and corruption.

He faces multiple charges related to a procurement scandal. This scandal reportedly cost the state GH¢49.1 million.

The Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, filed the charges on April 30, 2025. The High Court documents accuse Mr. Adu-Boahene and three others of misappropriating public funds. They allegedly did this while claiming to procure a cyber defense system for Ghana.

The co-accused include his wife, Angela Adjei Boateng, Mildred Donkor, and Advantage Solutions Limited.

According to the charge sheet, on February 5, 2020, Mr. Adu-Boahene took GH¢27.1 million from the Republic of Ghana. He intended to deprive the government of this amount.

On March 20, 2020, he allegedly misappropriated another GH¢1 million under similar pretenses involving ISC Holdings Limited.

Then on March 30, 2020, he took an additional GH¢21 million from state funds for the same purpose. This brought the total amount misappropriated to GH¢49.1 million.

Mr. Adu-Boahene and his wife are jointly charged with conspiracy to steal this amount during early 2020. They agreed to unlawfully take these funds from the government.

The former NSB boss is also accused of causing financial loss to the state under Section 179A (3)(a) of the Criminal Offences Act of 1960.

By pretending to acquire a cyber defense system from ISC Holdings Limited, he caused a loss of GH¢49.1 million to Ghana.

Additionally, Mr. Adu-Boahene is accused of abusing his public office for personal gain while serving as Director at NSB.

He allegedly exploited his position to facilitate fraudulent transactions totaling GH¢49.1 million for private benefit.

Angela Adjei Boateng is charged with collaborating in this abuse of office under Section 179C(b) of Act 29.

She is accused of helping Mr. Adu-Boahene misuse public office for profit.

Mr. Adu-Boahene also faces charges under the Public Property Protection Act for falsely claiming funds were used for a cyber defense system purchase.

Under the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (Act 1044), all four accused are charged with knowingly possessing stolen funds derived from their alleged crimes.

Finally, they all face an eleventh charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering under Act 1044 for agreeing to launder the misappropriated GH¢49.1 million.