USThe GuardianWED 28 OCT 2026 / 11:57 AM CDT

Three plead guilty in $9m romance fraud scam targeting elderly Americans

Photo: US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio

Three people have pleaded guilty in a $9m romance fraud scam that targeted elderly Americans.

On Monday, the US attorney’s office in the northern district of Ohio announced that twin brothers from Ghana and an American woman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Identified as Jamal Abubakari, Kamal Abubakari, both 22, and Amanda Joy Opoku-Boachie, 53, of Kula, Hawaii, the trio targeted more than 130 victims in 25 states, as well as in Germany and Austria.

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