The $100 million US romance scam case involves Kofi Boat contesting the extradition procedure.
Isaac Kofi Oduro Boateng, better known by his stage name Kofi Boat, is a Ghanaian businessman who is contesting his extradition to the United States on grave charges of being the head of a cybercrime syndicate that defrauded people and companies out of more than $100 million between 2016 and 2023.
Boat’s attorney contended that the extradition procedure was defective when he appeared before the Gbese District Court on Friday, June 20, 2025. The defense said the U.S. government had not followed the proper legal process, according to journalist Ameyaw Debrah, who gave exclusive insights from the courtroom.
In a Facebook post, Debrah disclosed that Kofi Boat’s attorney contested the U.S. arrest warrant’s admissibility, claiming Ghana’s diplomatic mission in the US had not verified it. This verification is a legitimate
Since then, the magistrate has postponed the case until July 1, 2025, in order to rule on the procedural challenge.
Boat has denied any involvement in cyber fraud. He was taken into custody on Friday, June 13, 2025, as part of a joint operation by the Ghana Police Service, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Interpol. His legal team argued that his U.S. business operations were lawful.
The businessman was arrested along with Derrick Van Yeboah and Inusah Ahmed, better known as Pascal, who owns PAC Academy. Patrick Kwame Asare, a fourth suspect, is still at large. The arrests are a part of a larger crackdown by U.S. authorities on Ghana-based cybercrime networks.
The defense claims that Boat’s charges are related to a business dealing with another Ghanaian who has previously been found guilty of fraud in the US. Boat insists that the transaction was completely legal and that he was not involved in any of the other party’s alleged fraudulent activities.
”He is not the leader of a criminal network, He engaged in a single business deal that has now been mischaracterised as part of a wider fraudulent scheme”
With supporting documentation purportedly signed by Ghana’s Interior Minister, Hon. Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, the U.S. Department of State formally requested the extradition through its embassy in Accra.
Another Ghanaian businessman, Joseph Kwadwo Badu Boateng, better known by his stage name Dada Joe Remix, was extradited to the United States earlier this year and accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
The focus of the ongoing legal proceedings is on whether Ghana’s judiciary will accept or deny the extradition request in light of the defense’s procedural objections.
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