A Ghanaian businessman and philanthropist, Joseph Kwadwo Badu Boateng also known as, ‘Dada Joe Remix,’, who was extradited to the United States, has admitted his involvement in a romance and inheritance fraud conspiracy.
It will be recalled that Boateng was arrested in Ghana on an extradition warrant on May 27, 2025, and extradited to the United States the following month and has since remained in custody since his arrest.
Reports detailed that Dada Joe Remix has agreed to pay approximately $4.4 million in restitution, representing the financial losses suffered by victims as part of his plea agreement.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, made this known in a statement.
Reports suggest Boateng and his co-conspirators ran the fraud scheme from 2013 through March 2023, targeting elderly victims in Arizona and other parts of the United States.
The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona disclosed that the co-conspirators posed as romantic partners with victims through online dating platforms, text messages and other electronic communications.
“They also falsely claimed to have received an “inheritance” of gold and jewels, telling victims that taxes and other fees needed to be paid before the items could be released to them.
Boateng’s sentencing has been scheduled for September 8, 2026, before United States District Judge Angela M. Martinez”.
Portions of the statement read, “Last week, Joseph Kwadwo Badu Boateng, also known as, ‘Dada Joe Remix,’ a citizen of Ghana, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, a felony.
“In his plea agreement, Boateng admitted that he and his co-conspirators engaged in a romance and inheritance fraud scheme from 2013 through March 2023, targeting the elderly from Arizona and around the United States
“The co-conspirators also falsely represented that they had received an ‘inheritance’ of gold and jewels and that to release such items to the victims, taxes and other fees would be required,” the statement added.
Dada Joe Remix case involved collaboration between American and Ghanaian authorities. The U.S. Attorney’s Office credited the FBI Legal Attaché in Accra, Ghana’s Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), and the Ghana Police Service’s INTERPOL unit for their support in securing the extradition, alongside the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs.
Reports disclosed that the FBI’s Phoenix Division, through its Sierra Vista office, investigated the case, while the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona in Tucson is prosecuting it.
Meanwhile, Ghanaian social media influencer, Mona Faiz Montrage, also known as Hajia4Reall, Abiola Kayode, a Nigerian national resident in Ghana, Ghanaian businessman Joseph Badu Boateng, popularly known as Dada Joe Remix, Isaac Oduro Boateng (Kofi Boat), Insuah Ahmed (Pascal), and Derrick Van Yeboah (Van) are the latest Ghanaians to be extradited to the United States on allegations of fraud.
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Joseph Kwadwo Badu Boateng, aka Dada Joe Remix, pleads guilty in U.S. to conspiracy to commit wire fraud; agrees to pay $4.4 million in restitution ahead of September 8 sentencing#JoyNews #JoyFM #GhanaNews #JoyPrime #MyJoyOnline pic.twitter.com/AFbymEGLI6
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