The son of a former Minister of Lands and Natural Resources and former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, has been sentenced by an American court to two-years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release.
The 32-year-old Abdul Inusah was sentenced after having been found guilty for his role in a Huntington-based scheme that defrauded individuals in multiple states through the use of false online personas. According to YouTuber Hello Frank, who broke the news on Saturday, July 8, 2023, Inusah was also ordered to pay $128,000 in restitution. The details, culled from a statement from the US Attorney’s Office Southern District of West Virginia, said that the trial was decided by a federal jury after three days in court.
The statement from the United State’s Attorney, dated Thursday, March 23, 2023, added that Abdul Inusah was found guilty for being part of a “conspiracy that targeted victims using false personas via email, text messaging, online dating websites and social media platforms. “From at least January 2018 through at least December 2019, the scheme participants 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.” The statement also detailed the various amounts of monies that were involved in this case, plus some of the names of the victims. It added that Inusah’s involvement was largely through a shell company that was set up in his name and used in the crimes. “One false persona, ‘Miarama,’ was used to induce an Alabama resident into providing $106,000 via wire transfers and cashier’s checks.
The amount included $48,000 to pay overdue taxes on a nonexistent gold inheritance in Ghana and $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 federal jury found Inusah guilty of receipt of stolen money, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and two counts of wire fraud on August 12, 2022. Perhaps more than others involved, Abdul Inusah understood the scope of the criminal conspiracy and that it was exploiting innocent and often vulnerable victims,” the United States Attorney Will Thompson is reported to have said.
Abdul Inusah is also said to have engaged others in the romance scheme, making efforts to conceal his own involvement in the fraud. Inusah Fuseini’s son breaks silence after US fraud, allegations On August 25, 2022, Abdul Inusah broken his silence after reports about his alleged involvement in money laundering and wire fraud in the United States of America emerged.
Speaking in an interview on Asaase Radio, embattled Abdul Inusah reiterated his father’s explanations following the reports. According to him, he received details about the indictment, linking him with some indictments. He first received an indictment filed on April 27, 2021, but he received same via text message in June of the same year. He recounted that following this, he contacted his lawyers, who took it up, and the case proceeded. He was indicted on two counts – 20,000-dollar wire fraud and receipt of stolen money with regards to the said money
Source: ghanaweb
