Abdul Inusah, son of former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini has opened up about the fraud and money laundering charges level against him in the United State of America.
Speaking to Accra-based Assaae radio on Thursday, August 25 he said he is innocent describing the report as the half-truth.
He explained “My utmost worry right now is not fighting my case or proving my innocence to the Ghanaian public,”
“My very utmost problem right now will be my family and friends who have been affected by these half-truth publications, with the utmost respect because I don’t want to discredit anybody’s work,” he added
“But these are half-truths, and people’s lives in Ghana are being affected especially my family and loved ones, and I would like to apologize to them that they should take heart, and keep having faith that their brother and son is innocent and will soon be a free man and we will rejoice and jubilate with the people of Ghana,” Mr Inusah added.
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 the 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.
