The Minority in Parliament says the US Embassy’s Fraud Prevention Unit flagged four applicants included in the National Sports Authority’s World Cup visa arrangements over discrepancies in their alleged positions and links to the NSA.
According to the Ranking Member on the Youth and Sports Committee, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, the unit requested evidence to establish the applicants’ employment with the NSA.
“This is perhaps the most critical point in the chronology. On 18 March 2026, the Fraud Prevention Unit of the United States Embassy identified discrepancies involving four applicants: Ralph Egyir Quianoo, Belinda Tsey, Francis Frimpong Agyemang, Beryl Joycelyn Baabe Duut”.
The Minority said they were presented as an Operations Coordinator, Business Administrator, World Cup Coordinator and Research and Technology Officer, respectively. However, it claims its verification found that none of the four positions existed within the NSA’s organisational structure.
The Minority says the US Embassy subsequently requested employment letters or other documents to establish the applicants’ relationship with the NSA.
According to the Minority, the NSA responded the same day with a letter confirming the appointments and travel support of the four individuals.
Ranking Member on the Youth and Sports Committee, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, said the episode raises questions about how the applicants were presented to the US Embassy.
“A foreign diplomatic mission’s Fraud Prevention Unit identified discrepancies. It sought evidence establishing whether the individuals were actually employed by the NSA.”
“The question had become: Who created the institutional identities under which these people were presented to a foreign government?”
The Minority is demanding an investigation into who prepared the list, who verified the information and who authorised its submission to the US Embassy.
