The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has brought new criminal charges against Adjenim Boateng Adjei, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA).

Adjei now faces eight additional counts related to using his public office for personal profit and exerting indirect influence on procurement processes to gain an unfair advantage in contract awards.

These charges were presented by the Special Prosecutor at the Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra on April 17.

These new charges supplement the previous seventeen counts Adjei was facing, which included accusations of establishing Talent Discovery Limited (TDL) as a front to unlawfully secure public contracts.

The new charges specifically include eight counts of using public office for personal gain and nine counts of influencing procurement processes, directly and indirectly, to secure an unfair advantage in contract awards.

In addition, Adjei's brother-in-law, Francis Kwaku Arhin, who was alleged to be the CEO of TDL and holds a minority stake, faces one count of using public office for profit.

Adjenim Boateng Adjei served as the CEO of PPA from March 2017 to August 2019.

He was relieved of his duties by President Akufo-Addo following a recommendation from the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), prompted by his involvement in a documentary titled "Contract for Sale."