Former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Dapaah, predicament in the ongoing saga of missing funds from her Ablekuma residence in Accra, appears to be deepening with each passing day.The most recent development in her troubles involves an alleged formal complaint lodged with several United States government bodies, urging them to initiate an inquiry into suspected money laundering activities.

The complaint specifically concerns the sum of US$1 million, a portion of the overall funds purportedly stolen from her private residence by domestic staff.

The individual behind these petitions, one Grace Loki, indicated that her actions were motivated by a lack of confidence in the Ghanaian governmental and institutional apparatus to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter.

“Not just the FBI alone; I’ve written to the FBI, the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, the DEA and just about every US government institution interested in issues of money laundering and the main reason is that I don’t have any confidence that Nana Addo will use ways and means to ensure the woman gets away with the issue.

"Whatever it takes, Nana Addo will make sure the woman walks away, we have seen some before even under the NDC.During an interview on OBGhPage via Facebook Live, she declared, "“I will make sure that if she has any property in the US, she is investigated by IRS and made to pay taxes. We all pay taxes here in America and even when we send money back to Ghana to invest, we are required by law to file taxes to the American government. We are supposed to file taxes after declaring profits, I don’t know if Cecilia Dapaah has paid the required taxes on the dollars that was stolen by the workers. But everyone is supposed to pay taxes on their dollars even if she won a lottery.”

The controversy surrounding Madam Dapaah stems from recent reports detailing allegations against certain domestic workers of the former minister, who are being accused of pilfering amounts totaling US$1 million, €300,000, and GH¢350,000.

Furthermore, Ms. Dapaah and her spouse are reported to have incurred substantial material losses, encompassing garments valued at GH¢95,000, handbags amounting to US$35,000, an assortment of perfumes worth US$1,400, assorted jewelry valued at US$95,000, and GH¢95,000 worth of assorted Kente fabric.

Amidst fervent public criticism and concerns over corruption and money laundering in connection with the substantial sums within the ex-minister's abode, Paul Adom-Otchere, the Host of "Good Evening Ghana" on Metro TV, had endeavored to provide an explanation for the origins of the funds.

Ace journalist Adom-Otchere on his Good Evening Ghana show on Metro TV explained elucidated that approximately $800,000 of the pilfered $1 million was the property of a late sibling of the former minister, Nana Akwasi Essan II.

Grace Loki, a resident of Bantama in Kumasi, the hometown of Madam Dapaah and her family, found Adom-Otchere's narrative implausible concerning the late brother's substantial wealth.

“All I am saying is that the money Paul Adom-Otchere is saying belongs to the deceased brother of Cecilia Dapaah which specifically is Nana Kwaku Nantwi who was a shoemaker; although I am not in his pocket to be able to determine his net worth, what I know is that I met him at Santasi Roundabout where he was broke, had run out of fuel and I had to buy fuel to fill his car. That incident is quite recent, not more than two years ago.

“So if he had $800,000 which he had given to his sister to keep I would think of him as very useless. He is my friend, so I feel pained that he is being dragged into all of this especially because he is even no more,” she said.

In the wake of the recent controversy, Cecilia Dapaah tendered her resignation from her position, citing her desire to eliminate any distractions from governmental affairs.

The Office of the Special Prosecutor, which has received a range of petitions against her, took her into custody on charges related to corruption. Following a search at her residence, she was granted bail.

Meanwhile, Irene Kensah, the spouse of the late brother of the former minister, disclosed her ignorance of her husband's substantial financial holdings prior to his demise.

Notwithstanding, she has directed her legal representatives to initiate the necessary legal procedures aimed at recovering the funds as a component of her entitlement to her late husband's assets.