Deputy Attorney General Dr Justice Srem Sai has revealed that most of the individuals implicated in the fraud at the National Service Secretariat (NSS) are willing to return the money they allegedly stole.
He says the state is open to retrieving the funds and using some of the suspects as witnesses in court.
“We are talking about over GH¢560 million. That’s what we are looking at from the 22 individuals that investigators believe were responsible for, if you like, alleged loot,” Dr Srem Sai disclosed on JoyNews’ PM Express on Wednesday.
According to him, the state has now completed investigations into one leg of the wider National Service case — the part involving ghost names.
The report was only submitted last week. Prosecutors have begun building a docket to move toward formal charges.
He explained that the alleged fraud took place in multiple forms.
“National Service is in different aspects,” he said. “There’s an aspect of the projects that the National Service Secretariat undertakes.
Source: Myjoyonline
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