US prosecutors accuse Abu Trica of using AI to run $8m elderly romance scam

United States prosecutors have accused Ghanaian national Frederick Kumi, also known as Abu Trica, of using artificial intelligence technology and fake online identities to run a romance scam that allegedly defrauded more than 80 elderly Americans of over $8 million.authorities further allege that the network relied on money mules in Ghana and members of the Ghanaian immigrant community in the United States to launder proceeds through shell businesses and bank accounts.

Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio following Kumi's extradition from Ghana to the United States to face charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.