FBI Ghana arrests and extraditions

Overseas arrest; later extradited to Tennessee

Benard Emurhowhoariogho Okorhi

Nigerian citizen; resident in Ghana at initial arrest report

Convicted; sentenced to 75 months

Ghana-linked arrest in FBI-led international fraud case

No verified subject photograph in the cited official release

DOJ's initial announcement named Benard Okorhi as a Nigerian citizen living in Ghana who was arrested overseas. A later release confirms that Okorhi, Maxwell Peter and Babatunde Martins were extradited to the United States for prosecution.

Okorhi was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison in June 2021 for his role in an international fraud conspiracy involving compromised business emails and online romance scams. The official sources do not explicitly identify the country where Okorhi was arrested or the country from which he was extradited. He is included as a Ghana-linked case, not a confirmed Ghana-to-U.S. transfer.

Official reporting

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