Abdul Inusah faces 50 years in prison for fraud in US

Abdul Inusah, 31 and son of the former Member of Parliament for Temale Central, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini is facing a maximum of 50years of imprisonment in the United State of America for fraud.

A statement sighted by GhanaPlus.com said he was convicted by a federal jury for his role in a Huntington-based scheme that defrauded individuals in multiple states through the use of false online personas.

Inusah was found guilty of receipt of stolen money, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and two counts of wire fraud.

“The wire fraud counts involve a pair of US$2,000 Zelle wire transfers to Inusah from the money obtained using the “Miarama” false persona in January 2019”.

He is expected to be sentenced on 21 November 2022.

An investigation conducted by the United States Secret Service, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-Office of Inspector General (FDIC-OIG), the West Virginia State Police and the South Charleston Police Department said Inusah was “part of a conspiracy that targeted victims using false personas via email, text messaging, and online dating and social media websites”.

The fraudulent scheme said to have run from at least January 2018 through to at least December 2019, sought to induce victims into believing they were in a romantic relationship, friendship, or business relationship with the various false personas.

“The victims were persuaded to send money for a variety of false and fraudulent reasons for the benefit of the false personas,” a statement released by Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of West Virginia on August 13 said.

“One false persona, “Miarama”, was used to induce an Alabama resident into providing US$106,000 via wire transfers and cashier’s checks,” the statement added.

“The amount included US$48,000 to pay overdue taxes on a nonexistent gold inheritance in Ghana and US$21,000 wired to Bitsav Supply LLC, a shell company set up by Inusah. Another false persona, “Grace”, persuaded a Washington resident to wire funds so “Grace” could maintain her South African cocoa plantation and move to the United States to marry the victim. Other victims of the false personas included residents of Ohio and Florida,” the statement again said.

Source: GhanaPlus.com