A Ghanaian man believed to be the leader of a fraud syndicate in the United States of America (USA), Samuel Kwadwo Osei, has been arrested by the FBI, together with a number of accomplices, including a computer programmer regarded as the 'tech queen' of Nigeria, Sapphire Egemasi.
According to several reports by Nigerian media outlets, including Peoples Gazette and the Daily Post, the suspects, who are currently in the custody of the FBI, were arrested on April 10, 2025, for defrauding several US government agencies of millions of dollars.
They are accused of engaging in internet fraud and money laundering between September 2021 and February 2023.
They allegedly targeted agencies across the US, including the city government of Kentucky, using phishing campaigns and spoofed websites to steal employee credentials and reroute public funds into fraudulent bank accounts.
