Former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe Attionu extradited to Ghana, faces 10-year prison sentence
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Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, former Chief Executive Officer of MASLOC, was extradited from the United States and arrived in Ghana on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, to begin serving a 10-year prison sentence. She was handed over to the Ghana Police Service and Ghana Immigration Service at Accra International Airport. Attionu was convicted in absentia in April 2024, alongside former Chief Operating Officer Daniel Axim, for causing a financial loss of GH¢90 million to the state. Following her arrival, details of an appeal filed on February 10, 2026, seeking to overturn her conviction and sentence have emerged. The appeal challenges her conviction on multiple charges, including conspiracy to steal, stealing, causing financial loss to the state, and money laundering, arguing that the charge sheet violated Article 192d of the 1992 Constitution by not clearly stating specific acts or omissions. Her legal team also cited previous Supreme Court and Court of Appeal decisions regarding defective particulars of offences. Attionu's legal troubles began in 2017 after an investigation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office EOCO revealed alleged fraudulent fund disbursements during her tenure. She was accused of embezzling GH¢3.19 million and causing a deliberate financial loss of GH¢1.97 million, as well as making unauthorized commitments totaling GH¢61.74 million. Specific accusations include misappropriating GH¢500,000 from Obaatanpa Micro-Finance Company Limited, misusing GH¢1,816,000 allocated
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