The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) has announced that it will extradite Abu Trica to the United States to face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money-laundering conspiracy, and a related forfeiture count.
In a press statement, EOCO confirmed that officers arrested suspected cyber-fraud kingpin Frederick Kumi, popularly referred to as Abu Trica, for playing a central role in an $8 million romance-scam scheme targeting elderly victims in the United States.
“Abu Trica will be hand over to the United States of America to face criminal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money-laundering conspiracy, and a forfeiture specification. He faces up to 20 years in prison. “
Further, EOCO revealed that its officers conducted the arrest operation on Thursday, December 11, after months of coordinated investigations involving the FBI, INTERPOL, the National Investigations Bureau (NIB), the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), the Cyber Security Authority (CSA), and the Office of the Attorney General.
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