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FBI & INTERPOL Cases: Ghana
Browse sourced FBI-linked person reports by nationality and INTERPOL-supported operations by location for Ghana. Coverage is not exhaustive.
New reports · 14 October 2026
Editorial Archive — Not an Official Register This directory compiles a verified selection of public FBI-linked arrest releases and INTERPOL-supported operations concerning African nations. It is not an exhaustive historical register; FBI involvement does not mean its agents personally made every arrest. INTERPOL supports national police and does not arrest individuals itself. For FBI cases, folders use documented nationality; for INTERPOL operations, they use the operation location, not the suspects’ nationality. A charge is an allegation, not a conviction. Statuses reflect cited releases, not live custody information. Reviewed 24 September 2026.
Frederick Kumi
FBI · Charged; prosecution reported
Arrest Location: Ghana
Date: 11 December 2025
DOJ says Kumi was arrested in Ghana in December 2025 and extradited to the U.S. in July 2026 over allegations tied to romance fraud against older Americans.
Existing Crime Watch Global case photo of Frederick Kumi; DOJ's release does not supply a subject portrait.
Isaac Oduro Boateng
FBI · Indicted; extradited
Arrest Location: Not specified; extradited from Ghana
Date: Before 7 August 2025; exact arrest date not stated
DOJ says Boateng was among three defendants extradited from Ghana in an FBI-investigated alleged romance-scam and business-email-compromise case.
Existing Crime Watch Global case photograph. The DOJ release did not publish individual portraits.
Inusah Ahmed
FBI · Indicted; extradited
Arrest Location: Not specified; extradited from Ghana
Date: Before 7 August 2025; exact arrest date not stated
The FBI and federal prosecutors named Ahmed among three men brought from Ghana to face charges in New York.
Third-party press photograph attributed to Ghana Regions; DOJ did not publish a portrait.
Derrick Van Yeboah
FBI · Guilty plea; sentenced to 85 months
Arrest Location: Not specified; extradited from Ghana
Date: Before 7 August 2025; exact arrest date not stated
Van Yeboah was extradited from Ghana in 2025. DOJ says he pleaded guilty in March 2026 and was sentenced in July 2026.
Existing Crime Watch Global subject photograph.
Joseph Kwadwo Badu Boateng
FBI · Pleaded guilty in 2026
Arrest Location: Ghana
Date: 27 May 2025
The FBI says Boateng was arrested in Ghana on an extradition warrant and taken to Arizona; DOJ later reported a guilty plea.
Third-party press photo from Graphic Online; DOJ did not publish a subject portrait.
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Deborah Mensah
FBI · Guilty plea; sentenced to 70 months
Arrest Location: Accra, Ghana
Date: 16 January 2020
FBI New York and IRS-CI announced Mensah's transfer from Ghana; DOJ later reported a guilty plea and prison sentence.
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Maxwell Atugba Abayeta
FBI · Convicted; sentenced to 55 months
Arrest Location: Overseas; DOJ does not specify arrest country
Date: Before 2020 extradition
DOJ named the Tamale resident among overseas arrestees and later confirmed his extradition and sentence in the FBI-led case.
Operation Contender 3.0 — Ghana
INTERPOL · 68 arrested by Ghanaian authorities
Date: 28 July–11 August 2025
Ghanaian authorities arrested 68 people and seized 835 devices during a pan-African cybercrime operation supported by INTERPOL. The public report describes alleged romance fraud and online extortion without naming defendants.