The US Department of Justice charged four Ghana citizens for their roles in a large -scale fraud ring involved in romance scams and business email agreement attacks.
The defendants were allegedly a major international fraud -ranked member located in Ghana, which targeted companies and individuals across the United States between 2016 and May 2023.
Isaac Oduro Botng (also known as “coffee boat”), Inusa Ahmed (“Pascal”), Deeric Van Yeobah (“van”), and Patrick Quame Asre (“Borgar”) were extradited from Ghana and reached the United States on 7 August.
“The defendants have been brought to the United States, which is held accountable to their alleged roles in scam companies and weak Americans, which is out of more than $ 100 million,” Said FBI Assistant Director In -charge Christopher G. Riya on Friday.
As Court documentThe fraudsters (who called themselves “Sakwa Boys” or “Game Boys” targeted the weaker old men and women who lived alone, cheating on to believe that they were in romantic relationships on the Internet after acquiring their beliefs, and cheated them in depositing money in middlemen accounts in America in America
These middlemen will then loot the money, cut the stolen funds, and send the members of the cheating ring in West Africa who coordinated the fraud activities of the crime ring, known as the “chairman”.
The alleged scammers also cheated many businesses in the wiring funds after the trade email agreement attacks, using the email agreement using the email addresses designed to spoil or replicate the accounts of customers or other employees.
According to an uncontrolled prosecution, “These fake email accounts were specially designed to trick other employees of the company with access to the company’s finance.”
“Fake email accounts were then used to send wire money instructions to some bank accounts and also included fake authority letters for wire transfer, which had fake signatures of the employees of the company.”
Both Boteng and Ahmed were presidents in the operation, while Asre and Van Yebo were also high -ranked members in the scam ring, later in the romance scams.
Citizens of Char Ghana face allegations of conspiracy for wire fraud and wire fraud, each is sentenced to a maximum of 20 years. They have conspired to get money laundering (20 years), stolen money (up to 5 years), and a conspiracy to get stolen money (up to 10 years).
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