Kofi Tonto explains $800 embassy payment, denies link to alleged $19m fraud

Mr Tonto’s denial follows reports alleging that he received US$800 from funds linked to the purported scheme uncovered through a forensic audit conducted by the Ghana Audit Service into the affairs of the embassy between 2017 and 2025.

Former Head of Information and Public Affairs at Ghana’s Embassy in Washington and New Patriotic Party (NPP) communicator, Kofi Tonto, has denied any involvement in an alleged fraudulent scheme said to have resulted in the loss of approximately US$19 million at the embassy.

He said the payments he received between March 2019 and July 2021 were made in good faith and that he was never involved in decisions concerning the financial management of the embassy, particularly the operation or closure of any bank account.