Kofi Boat, two others extradited to US over $100 million fraud allegations

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Department of Justice have announced the extradition of three Ghanaian nationals accused of orchestrating a large-scale international fraud scheme that defrauded victims of more than $100 million.

The suspects, identified as Isaac Boateng, popularly known as Kofi Boat, Inusah Ahmed, and Derrick Van Yeboah, were extradited from Ghana to face charges in the United States.

According to the FBI, the trio allegedly belonged to a transnational criminal organisation engaged in romance scams and business email compromise (BEC) operations.

“These actors were allegedly part of an international criminal organisation that conducted romance scams and business email compromises, stealing over $100 million from dozens of victims,” the FBI stated in an official post on Thursday, August 8, 2025.

The alleged scheme involved tricking victims, both individuals and businesses, into sending large sums of money under false pretences.

The FBI has intensified its crackdown on such cyber-enabled crimes in recent years, working with law enforcement partners across borders to bring perpetrators to justice.

Romance scams typically involve cultivating fake online relationships to exploit victims financially, while BEC schemes target companies by compromising business email accounts to redirect payments to fraudulent bank accounts.

Source: Ghanaweb.com