Ghanaian nationals Isaac Oduro Boateng, Inusah Ahmed, and Derrick van Yeboah have arrived in the United States of America after a successful extradition to face the law for their alleged roles in a criminal organization that stole more than $100 million through romance scams and other fraud activities.
According to the US Justice Department, the three arrived in the United States on August 7, 2025, and will be presented today (August 8, 2025) before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger.
The fourth person, one Patrick Kwame Asare, a/k/a “Borgar”, however, remains at large.
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Christopher G. Raia, announced the unsealing of an indictment charging the four, Isaac Oduro Boateng, aka “Kofi Boat”, Inusah Ahmed, aka “Pascal”, Derrick Van Yeboah, a/k/a “Van”, and Patrick Kwame Asare, a/k/a “Borgar”, for their roles in an international criminal organization that stole more than $100 million from victims via romance scams and business email compromises.
“As alleged, Isaac Oduro Boateng, Inusah Ahmed, Derrick van Yeboah, and Patrick Kwame Asare led and participated in an international fraud ring that engaged in a massive conspiracy to defraud vulnerable people and steal from businesses,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.
As alleged in the indictment:
BOATENG, AHMED, VAN YEBOAH, and ASARE were high-ranking members of a criminal organization based in Ghana that committed romance scams and business email compromises against individuals and businesses located across the U.S.
Many of the conspiracy’s victims were vulnerable older men and women who were tricked into believing that they were in online romantic relationships with people who were, in fact, fake identities assumed by members of the conspiracy. The conspirators also committed business email compromises to trick and deceive businesses into wiring funds to the enterprise.
In total, the conspiracy stole and laundered more than $100 million from dozens of victims.
BOATENG, 36; AHMED, 40; VAN YEBOAH, 40; and ASARE, 39, are charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; one count of wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; one count of money laundering conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; one count of conspiracy to receive stolen money, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison; and one count of receipt of stolen money, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
