Three Ghanaians - Samuel Kwadwo Osei (popularly known as Tuga), Fred Brobbey Awuah, and Derrick Nii Ashitey - have been indicted by a court in the United States for engaging in identity theft and money laundering.
The Ghanaians were indicted alongside Nigerian computer programmer, Chinemezu Sapphire Egemasi, widely referred to as the "tech queen" of Nigeria.
The four were arrested in April 2025 for orchestrating internet fraud schemes and laundering illicit funds between September 2021 and February 2023.
According to court documents seen by GhanaWeb, the syndicate targeted public agencies across the United States, including the city government of Kentucky.
