Kofi Tonto denies involvement in alleged $19m fraud at Ghana’s Embassy in Washington
New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator Kofi Tonto has rejected claims linking him to an alleged fraudulent scheme at Ghana’s Embassy in Washington, insisting that a small payment he received years ago was a legitimate child benefit and not proceeds of any wrongdoing. In a statement, Mr Tonto said he had become aware of an online […]
Kofi Tonto, the former Head of Information and Public Affairs at Ghana’s Embassy in Washington, has denied allegations that he was involved in a fraudulent scheme that allegedly saw US$19 million obtained through fraud at the embassy. According to Reuters, Mr Tonto stated that a small payment of US$800 he received in July 2021 was a legitimate child benefit, not proceeds of any wrongdoing.
He insisted that the payment was a standard practice that preceded him and that 28 other embassy staff members also received benefits for various life-changing reasons. Mr Tonto rejected claims that he had become aware of an online story linking him to the alleged fraud and stressed that he was not named as a person of interest in the audit report of the embassy’s affairs from 2017 to 2025.
He argued that a one-time payment he received could not be used to portray him as complicit in a multi-million-dollar scheme, as he neither solicited nor controlled the bank account for the payment.
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