Ghana: U.S. Extradites Sedina Tamakloe Attionu to Ghana Over $6m Corruption Case

Ghana: U.S. Extradites Sedina Tamakloe Attionu to Ghana Over $6m Corruption Case

The United States of America has extradited Sedina Tamakloe Attionu to Ghana following her conviction on more than 70 corruption-related charges, including the embezzlement of over $6 million in Ghanaian taxpayer funds.

US Extradites Former Ghanaian Anti-Poverty Agency Boss Convicted Over $6Million Fraud To Serve 10-Year Jail Term

The United States government has extradited former Chief Executive Officer of Ghana's Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, to Ghana to serve a 10-year prison sentence following her conviction on more than 70 corruption-related charges, including the misappropriation of public funds estimated at over $6 million. The extradition marks the first time since 2009 that the United States has returned a fugitive to Ghan…

U.S. Extradites Former Ghana Microfinance Chief Over $6m Corruption Case

The United States has extradited former chief executive of Ghana’s Microfinance and Small Loans Centre, Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, to Ghana to begin serving a ten-year prison sentence, in the first such transfer between the two countries in 16 years. Tamakloe Attionu, who served as chief executive of MASLOC from 2013 to 2016, left Ghana in 2019 after obtaining permission from the court to travel abroad for medical treatment but did not return for …

US Extradites Former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe to Ghana

Former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe Attionu has been extradited from the United States to Ghana to serve a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted on dozens of corruption-related charges involving the misappropriation of more than $6 million in public funds. The extradition, announced by the US Embassy in Accra on Tuesday, marks the first transfer of a fugitive from the United States to Ghana since 2009. US and Ghanaian a…

Sedina Tamakloe arrives in Ghana to face justice as lawyers argue prosecution failed to prove case in an appeal application

A former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu, convicted on multiple counts of financial crime by the Accra High Court, landed in Ghana on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, and has been taken into custody. Her return comes as her lawyers have filed a comprehensive written submission before the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, Accra, urging the appellate court to set aside her conv…

US Ships Ex-MASLOC Boss to Serve 10-Year Jail Term

Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu Former CEO of Ghana’s Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, touched down at Kotoka International Airport on Tuesday after the United States extradited her to serve a 10-year corruption sentence. She was arrested in Nevada in January and convicted in absentia last year on 78 counts. The charges include stealing over GH¢90 million, about $6 million, conspiracy, and money laundering. Tamakloe…