{
  "id": 655649,
  "title": "At least you could have reached out to me – Kofi Tonto tells Manasseh over $19m embassy fraud story [Auido]",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/at-least-you-could-have-reached-out-to-me-kofi-tonto-tells-manasseh",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T10:32:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/at-least-you-could-have-reached-out-to-me-kofi-tonto-tells-manasseh-over-19m-embassy-fraud-story-auido/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "“I’m a politician and not pained by attempts to disgrace me, but…” – Kofi Tonto on alleged embassy fraud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/im-a-politician-and-not-pained-by-attempts-to-disgrace-me-but-kofi",
        "published": "2026-08-12T11:03:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}