Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, a former head of a Ghanaian government agency has been extradited from the United States to Ghana to begin serving a 10 year prison sentence after being convicted of stealing millions of dollars in public funds meant to support small businesses and vulnerable communities.
The United States Department of Justice announced that Attionu, also known as Sedina Sharon Christine Acolatse, was handed over to Ghanaian authorities on June 8 following the completion of extradition proceedings in the United States.
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Attionu, 60, was convicted in Ghana on more than 70 criminal counts, including stealing, money laundering, conspiracy, causing financial loss to the state and misappropriation of public property.
According to the US Department of Justice, Attionu abused her position as Chief Executive Officer of Ghana’s Microfinance and Small Loans Centre, known as MASLOC, to
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