{
  "id": 9148403,
  "title": "Court adjourns Wontumi’s EXIM Bank over amended charge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/court-adjourns-wontumis-exim-bank-over-amended-charge",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T13:36:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/court-adjourns-wontumis-exim-bank-over-amended-charge/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Accra High Court has postponed the GH¢30 million Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) case involving former Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, also known as Chairman Wontumi, to October 13, 2026. This delay occurred after the prosecution submitted an amended charge sheet, which specified that the allegedly forged document was a pro-forma invoice from EPSONS GHANA LIMITED. The original charge, filed on May 15, 2026, accused Wontumi of uttering a forged document, but did not specify the company. The amended charge sheet, dated September 19, 2026, retained the same charge but added the detail about the pro-forma invoice. Defence counsel for Samuel Atta Akyea, representing three of Wontumi's co-defendants, requested the court to postpone the hearing until the new charge sheet could be reviewed. The court agreed and adjourned the case to October 13, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. Wontumi faces five charges, including defrauding by false pretence, uttering a forged document, money laundering, and causing financial loss to a public body.",
  "summary": "The Accra High Court has adjourned the GH¢30 million Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) case involving the convicted former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to October 13, 2026. The adjournment became necessary after the prosecution filed an amended charge sheet in which it amended […]",
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  "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."
}