FBI raids compound, arrests over 130 in Ghana over fraud

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has raided a suspected fraud compound successful Ghana, resulting successful the apprehension oregon detention of much than 130 people.

FBI Director Kash Patel disclosed the improvement successful a station connected his authoritative X relationship connected Thursday. 

According to Patel, the operation, codenamed “Operation Blackout,” was conducted successful Ghana this week arsenic portion of the bureau’s wider efforts to dismantle planetary scam centres.

“OPERATION BLACKOUT: This is the FBI’s planetary scam-centre fraud demolition. Another takedown this week retired of Ghana,”Patel wrote.

He said investigators had identified astir $10 cardinal successful losses and 89 victims successful transportation with the operation, portion much than 130 radical had been arrested oregon detained.

Patel said immoderate of those detained were victims of trafficking and would beryllium repatriated to their respective countries.

The cognition besides led to the seizure of much than 300 e...