The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has given details of the companies operated by former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, in what they have described as a sophisticated criminal scheme linked to the GH¢49 million of the bureau’s funds, the former director is accused of misappropriating.
In a witness statement sighted by GhanaWeb, EOCO’s investigator, Frank Marshall Cromwell, said that they found that all the companies Advantage Solutions Limited, the company of Adu-Boahene and his wife and the 4th accused in the case (A4) had shares in, were either non-existent or engaged in criminal activities.
He said that one of the companies Advantage Solutions Limited had shares in, Enterprise Dreams Limited, a car dealership, rented and sold vehicles that were stolen from North American countries.
He also indicated that the remaining companies, including Vertex Solutions Limited, Vertex Properties Limited, only exist in name.
“Investigations established from the documents that A4 was the sole shareholder of BNC Communications Limited. Company records also disclosed that the sole shareholder of A4 is A2, and that A2 and A3 are A4’s directors. I have the company profile of A4. I wish to tender it in evidence (INDEX 7).
“Probing further into the circumstances of A4, we found that A4 is the shareholder of a number of companies all of which are directed, operated or controlled by A1, A2 and A3. The companies we discovered include Vertex Solutions Limited, Vertex Properties Limited, Enterprise Dream Collections Limited, and Securigence Limited. We obtained information on the ownership of these companies from the ORC. I wish to tender in evidence the profiles we received from the ORC regarding these companies (INDEX 8 SERIES),” part of the witness statement reads.
It added; “Investigations have established that except for Enterprise Dreams Limited – which is involved in the purchase, sale and rental of luxury vehicles, most of which have now been established to be stolen from North America, there are no records of services provided by any of these companies. Our investigations did not find any clients for these companies, any employees, or any monies which has been paid to them for services actually rendered, or the source of their capital or income generation. I wish to tender the bank account statements of the companies in evidence (INDEX 9 SERIES).”
Adu Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng
EOCO froze several assets of Adu-Boahene and his wife, including real estate and several high-end vehicles belonging to the couple.
Many of these cars were reportedly operated under a luxury car rental business known as Dream Enterprise Collections Limited, with its principal address listed as the Kempinski Hotel.
Details of the operations of Dream Enterprise Collections Limited, published on its website, showed the company’s stock of vehicles.
The company boasts of having a stock of over 10 luxury vehicles. The luxury vehicles displayed on the website included a Bentley, BMW, Dodge, Ferrari, Ford, Lamborghini, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota.
The fleet of cars the company displayed on its social media handle also included a number of Cadillac Escalade ESVs, a Dodge Challenger, a Mercedes-Benz, and an Aston Martin DB11.
Read the full witness statement below:
