Ghanaian Citizens Sentenced To Prison For Fraud Conspiracy Related To A Romance Scam

HARRISBURG—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ibrahim Adam, age 33, and Kelvin Aggrey-Arthur, age 28, both Ghanaian citizens, were sentenced to prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud.  Adam was sentenced today to 33 months’ imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner.  On December 17, 2021, Aggrey-Arthur was sentenced to 40 months’ imprisonment by Judge Conner.  Both sentences also include a two-year term of supervised release, which will follow the term of imprisonment.

According to United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, both men previously admitted to perpetrating a romance scam in 2019 and 2020 in which they and other co-conspirators developed online relationships with victims and then requested that those victims send them money for various fraudulent reasons, including travel, medical treatment, housing, and schooling.  Both men were also ordered to pay restitution to victims, $94,100 for Adam and $25,100 for Aggrey-Arthur.

The case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Susquehanna Township Police Department, and the Dauphin County Criminal Investigation Division.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Carlo D. Marchioli prosecuted the case.

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