Abu Trica’s case as one of “consumer fraud” – FBI details

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States (US) has provided more updates on the case of Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica.

According to the FBI, the Abu Trica case is one of the “consumer fraud” cases it was investigating.

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The FBI’s official update on Abutrica’s case reveals that the Ghanaian socialite Abu Trica is among five Ghanaians linked to an alleged romance scam network that reportedly defrauded more than 130 victims across the United States of over $15 million.

The FBI detailed that it has detained three of the suspects who were residing in the US and is working on the extradition of Abu Trica and the fifth suspect, who are in Ghana.

“In the Northern District of Ohio, Jamal Abubakari, aka Jamal Abubakar, aka Arrangement, 22, of Accra, Ghana; Kamal Abubakari, aka Kamal Abubakar, aka Lancaster, 22, of Accra, Ghana; and Amanda Joy Opoku-Boachie, aka Amanda Joy Glum, aka Amanda Joy Kessei Bierman, 53, were ordered detained this week in connection with an over $15 million romance scam that defrauded over 130 victims across the United States.

“Frederick Kumi, aka Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng, aka Abu Trica, 31, of Swedru, Ghana; and Daniel Yussif, aka Denteni, aka Slab, 31, of Accra, Ghana, are awaiting extradition,” part of the release reads.

Also, the FBI gave the modus operandi of the suspects, which involved a laborious operation spanning the US and Ghana, adding that Abu Trica and others targeted older Americans, whom they allegedly misled into sending them money.

“According to allegations in the three indictments, from about July 2024 to April 2026, the defendants targeted older Americans on dating websites and social media platforms to engage in romance fraud schemes.

“They employed advanced techniques including artificial intelligence-driven video platforms to engage victims under fictitious female personas. After being misled by false stories, the victims sent money via wire transfer to financial accounts controlled by conspiracy members, which were further transferred to co-conspirators in Ghana and elsewhere,” the FBI said.

The FBI further disclosed that it had made some recoveries which are worth over $3 million.

“The operation involved search and arrest operations in Ghana – assets seized are estimated to amount to over $3 million and include a Lamborghini, Tesla Cybertruck, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW.”

The FBI update comes just days after  Abu Trica broke his silence on the claimed $8 million fraud levelled against him.

According to Abu Trica, there is no such thing as an $8 million claim in the case against him, arguing that the foreigners themselves admitted they gave him $13,000.

He further argued that while he was in custody, two foreigners attempted to set him up during interrogation, claiming they had evidence against him.

Speaking on Accra-based Onua TV on June 3, 2026, Abu Trica argued, “There is no such thing as an $8 million claim in the case against me. They themselves admitted they gave me $13,000”.

“The reason behind how the $8 million came about is that they came to arrest me and pick me up at night to NACOC cells. While in the cells, they came and told me that some men needed to interrogate me. It was a dark conference room, and I saw five men, three of whom were white and two were black,” he stated.

“They placed some documents in front of me, not knowing it was a setup orchestrated by themselves,” he said.

“The informant told me to provide an account for them because they knew it did not belong to me. They wanted me to mention the name of the account owner, which I refused to do. They became furious and threatened to charge me with taking $8 million instead of the initial $1 million claim against me,” he disclosed.

“I thought it was a joke. How can a foreigner treat me like that in my own country and threaten me?” he said.

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