A joint effort between Ghanaian and American law enforcement agencies has led to the seizure of several properties allegedly acquired by Frederick Kumi, also known as Abu Trica, using ill-gotten wealth from romance fraud schemes.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, the seizures came through the cooperation of Ghana’s Attorney General’s Office, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), the Ghana Police Service, the Cyber Security Authority, the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), and the National Intelligence Bureau, working alongside American agencies including the FBI, the DEA’s Sensitive Investigation Unit, the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations, the DOJ’s Office of International Affairs, and the FBI’s Legal Attaché Office in Accra.

Assets seized from Abu Trica, who also goes by the alias Emmanuel Kojo Baah Obeng, include a mansion, a Lamborghini, a Tesla Cybertruck, a Mercedes Benz, and a BMW.

“Kumi allegedly used his ill-gotten gains to acquire luxury vehicles and other items of value. Assets seized by international law enforcement partners included a mansion in Ghana, a Lamborghini, Tesla Cybertruck, Mercedes Benz, and BMW,” theAttorney’s Office said in a statement on its website.

Photos released alongside the announcement show an aerial view of the seized mansion, as well as a row of white luxury vehicles lined up in a parking garage.

Swedru-based Abu Trica, 31, was arrested in Ghana on December 11, 2025, and extradited to the U.S. on July 9, 2026, to answer allegations that he was part of a criminal network that defrauded more than 80 elderly American victims of over $8 million between April 2023 and November 2025.

Prosecutors say Abu Trica and a co-defendant, Daniel Yussif, also known as Denteni or Slab, used online dating platforms and social media to target widows and divorcees, with Abu Trica allegedly employing AI-driven video technology to pose as fictitious female personas.

The network reportedly lured victims with false promises of gold or diamond inheritances, then persuaded them to wire money to accounts controlled by the network, with portions of the proceeds funnelled to co-conspirators in Ghana via money mules and fake businesses.

Abu Trica has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy, and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. His seized assets are subject to forfeiture proceedings.

The accusation remains only a charge until the court finds him guilty.