A Ghanaian man who was arrested in the US over a $10 million fraud but fled to Ghana has been rearrested in Accra.
The man who goes by the name Tourey Ahmed Rufai was arrested in connection to some fraud activities in the USA.
He pleaded guilty in the US court alongside 4 others who were also arrested.
Rafui was given 4 years jail sentence by the US court but fled the country before he could start his jail sentence.
According to Manhattan US Attorney Audrey Strauss, Rufai cut his ankle bracelet and fled to Ghana when he was released on bail.
When a defendant released on bail like Tourey Ahmed Rufai cuts his ankle bracelet and flees the country, it is an affront to the victims of his crimes and the Court. Thanks to the extraordinary work of the FBI, IRS-CI and our law enforcement partners both in the United States and in Ghana, this fugitive was apprehended in Ghana and has been returned to the United States to serve his four-year sentence, he narrated.
Tourey Ahmed Rufai who is also known as Joe Thompson and Joe Jerry was also sentenced to 3 years of supervised release in order to forfeit $109,868.61 and pay restitution of $329,449.97 to victims he defrauded.
According to our source, Rufai and his accomplice in the period of 2014 and 2018 have been involved in thefts of over $10 million through compromising business emails and romance scams targeting elderly people and businesses in the United State.
US investigation revealed that Rufai was working closely with some accomplices who resides in Ghana.
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