The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and FBI New York Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Christopher G.
Raia announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging four Ghanaian nationals for their roles in a sprawling international criminal enterprise accused of stealing more than $100 million from victims through romance scams and business email compromise schemes.
The defendants - Isaac Oduro Boateng a.k.a. "Kofi Boat," 36; Inusah Ahmed a.k.a. "Pascal," 40; Derrick Van Yeboah a.k.a. "Van," 40; and Patrick Kwame Asare a.k.a. "Borgar," 39 - are alleged to be high-ranking members of a Ghana-based fraud ring that preyed on vulnerable Americans and targeted businesses across the United States.
On August 7, 2025, Ghana extradited Boateng, Ahmed, and Van Yeboah to the United States, where they will appear today before U.S.
