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Scam kingpin Van Yeboah gets 85 months in US prison for stealing $10million
Synthesised from 2 Ghanaian sources
A Ghanaian national has been sentenced to 85 months in a United States federal prison for his role in an international criminal organisation that stole more than $100 million from victims through romance scams and business email compromises.
According to court documents, Van Yeboah was a member of a criminal organisation primarily based in Ghana that used two primary methods to defraud victims: romance scams, where operatives built false emotional relationships online before requesting money, and business email compromise schemes, in which fraudsters impersonated company executives to trick businesses into wiring funds.
Van Yeboah was personally held responsible for more than $10 million he stole through his own romance scams.
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