Former Labour Ministry Official Charged in 1.13 Billion Birr
Ethiopian prosecutors have charged a former senior labor ministry official and 12 others in a massive corruption and money laundering scheme. The defendants allegedly generated over 1.13 billion birr through fraudulent professional competency certifications for citizens seeking work abroad.
Why it matters
Exposes systemic corruption within government employment systems that exploits vulnerable citizens seeking overseas job opportunities.
Prosecutors allege that fraudulent competency certificates generated more than 1.13 billion birr, with hundreds of millions invested in Addis Ababa properties and a luxury vehicle. A separate charge implicates a former official in the deployment of more than 64,000 workers to Jordan using forged visa documents.
Ethiopian prosecutors have charged a former senior official at the Ministry of Labour and Skills and 12 other individuals in a corruption and money laundering case involving more than 1.13 billion birr allegedly collected through fraudulent professional competency certifications for Ethiopians seeking employment abroad.
Berhanu Aleqa Asgedom, former manager of the Ethiopian Labour Market Information Project Office, faces four criminal charges arising from allegations that he exploited his authority over a government employment information system to facilitate unauthorised certification, divert payments and conceal proceeds through bank accounts registered under false identities.
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