A Ghanaian-American by the name of Kenneth Anim, aged 38, has been arrested and charged with matters relating to money laundering.
According to indictments in the Southern District of Texas of the US Attorney General's office dated July 12, 2022, noted that the accused was arrested "following the return of an indictment in a nationwide romance fraud scheme."
Facts of the case per the indictment
From 2014 to 2019, Anim and his co-conspirator created individual sham businesses, according to the charges. They allegedly operated as money mules in various mail and wire fraud schemes including internet fraud and romance scams.
The indictment further alleges Anim also opened and maintained bank accounts to collect proceeds from the schemes and to send the money to himself, his co-conspirators, and overseas.
Arrest and possible jail time
"If convicted, Anim faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a possible $500,000 maximum fine," the indictment stated.
Kenneth Anim was taken into custody on the day the indictment was issued. He is said to have previously resided in the Houston and Richmond areas.
Investigations leading to his arrest were conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Belinda Beek and Grace Murphy of the Houston FBI are prosecuting the case.
An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence. A defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted through due process of law.
This is the latest in a string of recent cases where Ghanaians living in the United States have been arrested and charged with similar crimes either as main suspects or as conspirators.
Also read a snippet of my previous post:
For four years I’d been lonely. There were opportunities where I could have proposed to some women in my life and made them mine but I let those opportunities pass me by because I was focused on building my life. The last girl that left my life left because she didn’t see any future in me. I wanted to shame that girl. I wanted to prove to her that my life could amount to something though she wrote me off. We dated for three years. She was nothing when we met. She was in school and had nothing. I was the one providing for her until she completed her college training. After raining school, she started seeing big men who promised her heaven on earth. She told me about them but each time that conversation came up she said, “You have to do something with your life. You shouldn’t live life as if it ends here. Be greater than this because life keeps moving by.”
blogpay
Total Comments: 0