PITTSBURGH — A man from Ghana was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to money laundering.
The Department of Justice said David Kakra Mensah, 31, of Accra, Ghana will face two years in prison.
They said he was participating in a money laundering conspiracy in April 2022 until June 2022.
Investigators learned about the scheme when they received a tip that someone at a Washington D.C.-based university had lost more than $603,000 after their business email was compromised. The money was transferred to a bank in Western Pennsylvania.
Mensah allegedly worked with Charles Wilson Stout who also pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.
Police believe the two men created a shell company, which is a company that only exists on paper, and transferred portions of the funds into a cryptocurrency account owned by Mensah.
Mensah is also suspected of being involved in a romance fraud scheme.
The DOJ said he had victims living in Pennsylvania and Oregon.
The FBI and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement helped in the investigation.
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