At least you could have reached out to me – Kofi Tonto tells Manasseh over $19m embassy fraud story [Auido]
New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator Kofi Tonto says he was unaware of an investigative report by journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni linking him to an alleged US$19 million fraud scheme at Ghana’s Embassy in Washington, D.C., because he had been unwell. Speaking on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem, Mr Tonto said he only became aware […]
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NPP communicator Kofi Tonto has stated that he was unaware of a report by journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni linking him to a $19 million fraud scheme at Ghana's Embassy in Washington, D.C., due to his illness. The report allegedly claims that Tonto received $800 from the fraud scheme. Tonto, who was suffering from flu and had a high temperature, only became aware of the report after people started calling him about the claims.
He had been expecting Manasseh to contact him before publishing the report, given their previous interaction on a story where discrepancies were found. Despite not being friends, Tonto believes they should have had a chance to respond to the allegations before publication. He denies any involvement in the alleged scheme and maintains that the $800 he received was legitimate child benefit, while all compensations, allowances, benefits, and refunds were processed through established procedures during his tenure at the embassy.
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