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Deborah Mensah: New York money-laundering conspiracy
FBI New York and IRS-CI announced Mensah's transfer from Ghana; DOJ later reported a guilty plea and prison sentence.
FBI Ghana arrests and extraditions
Extradited from Ghana · 21 August 2020
Deborah Mensah
Guilty plea; sentenced to 70 months
New York money-laundering conspiracy
No verified subject photograph in the cited official release
Deborah Mensah, a Ghanaian citizen, was extradited from Ghana on 21 August 2020 to face a New York federal case investigated by the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation.
According to DOJ, she participated in laundering proceeds from romance scams and business-email-compromise fraud. She pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in April 2021 and was subsequently sentenced to 70 months in prison. The DOJ announcement did not include a verified portrait.
Official reporting
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