Ghanaian businessman and socialite Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, has been extradited to the United States to face charges related to an alleged $8 million romance scam case.
The 31-year-old was flown from Ghana to the United States on Thursday, July 9, aboard a Delta Air Lines flight, accompanied by FBI officers.
Abu Trica was first arrested in Ghana on December 11, 2025, following reports that he was wanted by both the FBI and Interpol.
His extradition comes after months of legal efforts by his lawyers to block his transfer to the United States for trial.
A Gbese District Court approved the Attorney-General's extradition request after security officials re-arrested him. His legal team later filed a last-minute application seeking to halt the extradition.
On Wednesday, July 8, his lawyers, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, claimed Abu Trica had been rushed to the Police Hospital.
"I have just learned from sources at the Police Hospital that Abu Trica was rushed there. For over a week now, we have not been allowed access to him," Barker-Vormawor wrote on social media.
He also alleged that neither the police nor Interpol had disclosed Abu Trica's whereabouts.
"We have no idea where he is being held. Interpol, which initially detained him, says he is no longer in their custody," he said.
Barker-Vormawor warned that the legal team would file a habeas corpus application if authorities continued to deny their client access to legal counsel.
"We continue to treat our citizens like animals just to please the FBI. Today it's an alleged fraud suspect; tomorrow it could be a politician," he added.
In June, Abu Trica appeared on a local television station where he denied allegations that he had defrauded American citizens of $8 million.
"There is no $8 million case against me. What they are saying is that I received $13,000," he said during an interview on Onua TV.
His extradition comes just weeks after the United States extradited Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, the former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), to Ghana to serve a 10-year prison sentence after she fled the country following her conviction for corruption and causing financial loss to the state.