Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Wontumi, has confirmed that his bank accounts have been frozen for reasons unknown to him.
In April 2025, the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) reportedly froze all accounts linked to Chairman Wontumi and his company, Akonta Mining, over alleged financial irregularities.
The freeze, according to reports, was carried out under Section 56(1) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2020 (Act 1044), which empowers the FIC to restrict access to financial accounts when there is reasonable suspicion of illicit activity.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme, Chairman Wontumi revealed that both his personal and company accounts were frozen without any prior notification.
He said he only discovered the freeze when he went to the bank to withdraw money for his children’s school fees and personal expenses.
“What exactly is my offence? They froze all the accounts without any official communication. I went to the bank for a transaction and was told they have been issued a letter that I couldn’t be given money,” he stated.
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