Following the arrest of Asante Akyem North MP Ohene Kwame Frimpong, popularly known as OK Frimpong, in the Netherlands, new details have emerged regarding his alleged involvement in an international fraud and money laundering syndicate.
On May 12, 2026, the Parliament of Ghana confirmed the arrest of the MP.
Tracking his arrest, reports sighted by GhanaWeb on the United States Department of Justice website, published on April 30, 2026, detailed a massive money laundering and wire fraud scheme that has so far led to the arrest of 27 individuals.
According to the Department of Justice, the 25 suspects whose names were published allegedly defrauded about 1,000 victims.
The report further noted that alleged kingpins Peter Reed, 35, Oluwafemi Michael Awoyemi, 40, and Auran Drake, 37, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Linking the arrest of the Asante Akyem North MP to the fraud syndicate, YouTuber Clement of Gossips24 Avenue noted that, per court documents, the MP is part of the 27 individuals involved in the money transfer.
Detailing the modus operandi of the syndicate, which allegedly includes the name of the Asante Akyem North MP, court documents on the website stated that the suspects operated by hacking email accounts belonging to individuals and organisations.
“…Involvement with an international email hacking scheme that defrauded more than 1,000 victims out of approximately $215 million. The scheme spanned 47 states and 19 countries. According to court documents and evidence presented in court, individuals, businesses, and other organisations in the United States were targeted and hacked by Nigerian-linked fraud organisations. Their objective was to gain access to email accounts held by individual users.
“The co-conspirators would then monitor the communications and other activities of the individual email users to learn about their business practices and contacts. After gaining sufficient intelligence about the nature of a hacking victim’s activities, the co-conspirators would send a fraudulent email to either the hacking victim or to someone communicating with the hacking victim, requesting payment,” part of the statement read.
Further detailing the scope of the fraud, the document noted that the scheme spanned 47 states and 19 countries, including Canada, Italy, Germany and several others.
“In Ohio, victim businesses affected were located in Norwalk, Kent, Akron, Hudson, Maple Heights, Westfield Center, New Riegel and Greenwich.
“Outside Ohio, victims were identified in New York, California, Texas, Kansas, North Carolina, Florida, Arizona, Michigan, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina, Delaware, Hawaii, Alaska, Idaho, New Jersey and numerous other states.
“International victims were identified in Canada, Mexico, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Panama, Bermuda, Romania and other countries.”
According to the court filings detailed by Gossips24, OK Frimpong is allegedly linked, together with three other Ghanaians identified as Emily Agyemang, 35, Emmanuel Essilfie, 28, and Kingsley Owusu, 37, who created shell companies and bank accounts to facilitate the transfer of funds.
In the grand indictment concerning OK Frimpong, the documents stated that the first payment he allegedly received was in April 2021, amounting to $29,284.
Also, in a video shared on YouTube by Gossips24, it further detailed how the MP allegedly received $284,865 on March 10, 2022, while another $75,631 was reportedly wired into his account.
On August 12, 2022, the FBI further alleged that $331,000 was transferred into OK Frimpong’s account from Ohio.
The documents further indicated that an account allegedly controlled by Ohene Kwame Frimpong, which reportedly handled about $2.7 million, transferred approximately $4,000 to one of the suspects on August 4, 2023.
The documents state that the syndicate allegedly defrauded victims of a total of $215 million since it began operating.
Source: Ghanaweb