The youngest billionaire in Ghana, an influencer who showed luxury cars on social networks and scammed retirees in the US on the Internet, fell

Trica, whose real name is Frederick Kumi but he had a dozen online nicknames, he was transferred to US soil this Thursday after the authorization of the Ghanaian justice system, which rejected a habeas corpus from his lawyer, Oliver Barker-Vormawor.

According to what Barker-Vormawor told the BBC, when he found out about the measure and went to protest in court, his client was already on a plane heading to the United States.

Kumi had been there for a long time flaunting his car collection on his Instagram account, including a BMW I8, a Range Rover Velar, a Tesla Cyber ​​truck, a Mercedes Benz G63 AMG or a Lamborghini Urus among others. He also used to film himself among stacks of bills or partying with his friends.

In Ghana, 22 percent of the population lives in extreme poverty and inequalities are fierce. Kumi had one of the largest mansions in the center of the country, for which on YouTube they called him “the youngest millionaire in the country”, at only 31 years old.

This raised suspicions about the origin of his income.

According to the indictment of US federal prosecutors, Kumi used artificial intelligence tools to design false identities on the Internet.

Through these fake accounts on social networks and dating applications, the defendant engaged in frequent and intimate conversations with the victims to gain their trust and, later, extort them. With that method managed to steal more than 8 million dollars to North American citizens between 2023 and 2025

Kumi was arrested in December 2025 in a joint operation with local authorities. In court, he denied all charges. Not only that, he also sued the FBI and the Ghanaian government for “human rights abuses and torture” at the time of his arrest.

The social media influencer has already been prosecuted in the past for conspiracy crimes to commit wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy and one count of asset forfeiture.

Due to the profile of those affected, the case is being processed under the United States Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act and if found guilty by the US courts, He will face a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.

Kumi’s case is not unique. As compiled by the BBC, in July last year, an alleged Ghanaian fraudster, popularly known as Dada Joe Remixwas extradited to the United States for using romance and inheritance scams to defraud American citizens.

Also in 2025, a United States court also sentenced Oluwaseun Adekoya, a Nigerian leader of a bank fraud and money laundering network, to 20 years in prison for laundering more than 2 million dollars.