On 25 May 2022, the OSP charged the former Chief Executive Officer of Public Procurement Authority, Adjenim Boateng Adjei with eight (8) counts of using public office for profit and nine (9) counts of directly and indirectly influencing the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of procurement contracts.

The Chief Executive Officer of Talent Discovery Limited, Francis Kwaku Arhin, was also charged with one count of using public office for profit. Mr Adjei is the majority shareholder whiles Mr Arhin, his brother-in-law doubles as the minority shareholder. The two men are accused of using Talent Discovery Limited as a ruse to win public contracts.

The case was referred to this Office by the President of the Republic, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on the back of and based on an audio-visual documentary titled Contracts for Sale – an investigative journalistic piece conducted by Manasseh Azure Awuni and aired by the Multimedia Group.