Criminal Court ‘C’ at the Temple of Justice presided over by its resident judge, A. Blamo Dixon, has set Wednesday, December 4, 2024 for the commencement of the alleged corruption case involving Samuel D. Tweah, Nyanti Tuan, Moses Cooper, Stanley S. Ford, Jefferson Karmoh.
Tweah and other officials of the defunct CDC government were indicted by the Liberian government in September of this year for allegedly stealing
LD$1,055,152,540 billion and US$500,000 during tenure at their respective positions.
On Wednesday December 4,2024, Tweah and others top officials of the CDC government will be arraigned in open court where they will either plead guilty or not guilty to their indictments.
The indictment comes following a complaint filed by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) through the Ministry of Justice against Tweah, Tuan, Ford, Cooper and Karmoh
The former CDC officials were indicted for crimes of Economic Sabotage: (Fraud on the Internal Revenue of Liberia Misuse of public money, property, or record; Theft and/or illegal disbursement and expenditure of public money) Theft of Property, Money Laundering, Criminal Facilitation, Criminal Conspiracy.
It can be recalled, Tuan, Cooper, Karmoh and Ford were arrested and jailed on July 29,2024 while Tweah was out of the country. But the three ex-officials were later released on bail following their detention at the Monrovia Central Prison.
