US-based Ghanaian gets a maximum of 50 years of jail time.
Abdul Inusah, 31, the son of former Member of Parliament (MP) Tamale Central, Hon. Inusah Fuseini has been accused of fraud and money laundering in the United States of America, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Robert C. Chambers, a United States District Judge, presided over the jury trial.
The maximum term for Inusah, who will be sentenced on November 21, 2022, is 50 years in prison.
His trial stems from what the US Department of Justice alleges is Abdul Inusah’s alleged role in dubious schemes that duped victims via false personas created online via text, e-mail, dating sites, and social media, among other platforms.
Abdul, of Ghana, was found guilty by a federal jury after a three-day trial for his involvement in a Huntington, California-based plan to defraud people across several states by using fictitious internet personas.
The jury found Inusah guilty of receiving stolen money, conspiring to commit money laundering, and two counts of wire fraud, according to a statement from the US Department of Justice. The money collected in January 2019 under the fictitious name “Miarama” was used to fund two $2,000 Zelle wire transactions to Inusah that are the subject of the wire fraud charges.
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He was also found guilty of a romance scam. The plan aimed to persuade victims into thinking they were in a love connection, friendship, or business relationship with the numerous false personas from at least January 2018 through at least December 2019.
For the benefit of the fictitious personas, the victims were duped into sending money for a variety of bogus and fraudulent justifications.
The United States Attorney Will Thompson
“It is extremely terrible how this conspiracy targeted those who were particularly vulnerable, such as suffering the death of a long-term spouse.” Some of the victims failed to recognize their status as victims and persisted in thinking that their interactions with these fake identities were real and authentic.
I applaud the detective work done by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General (FDIC-OIG), the United States Secret Service, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the West Virginia State Police, and the South Charleston Police Department.
I particularly thank our trial team, Assistant United States Attorneys Kathleen Robeson and R. Gregory McVey, for presenting the jury with this difficult fraud case.
Inusah Fuseini’s thoughts on his son’s predicament – Abdul’s father
Inusah Fuseini said in an interview with Asaase Radio that his colleague used his son’s documents, which were intended for a transaction, but it came out that he was actually using them for romantic fraud.
The former lawmaker told Asaase Radio, “As a father my son told me that one of his colleagues’ students wanted a car and he has documents that allow him to auction vehicles and it comes out that the colleagues’ student was involved in a romance fraud.”
Mr Inusah described the situation of his son Abdul as a terrible one.
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