Popular Ghanaian musician, Shatta Wale’s Lamborghini has been seized by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over a $4.7 million US fraud case.
It was gathered that Shatta Wale’s Lamborghini was seized in Accra, Ghana, through efforts from Ghana’s Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), in collaboration with the FBI and the US Justice Department.
The luxury vehicle, valued at several hundred thousand dollars, is allegedly linked to a $4.7 million US fraud case involving convicted fraudster Nana Kwabena Amuah, who is serving an 86-month sentence in the United States for financial crimes.
In a press statement issued by the acting Executive Director of the EOCO, Raymond Archer, the operation followed a request from the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department in 2023, which culminated in a search of the rapper’s apartment at Trassaco Valley Phase 1 in Accra, Ghana.
The statement reads in part: “In June this year, the Economic and Organised Crime Office, acting on a 2023 request from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the United States Justice Department, undertook an operation which led to a lawful search in a home at Trassaco Valley Phase 1, in Accra.
“The operation which was undertaken by the Surveillance And Asset Recovery Unit (SARU) of EOCO led to the discovery and seizure of a 2019 Lamborghini Urus which the the FBI and the Justice Department have tied to the proceeds of the criminal enterprise of one Nana Kwabena Amuah who is currently serving an 86 month sentence for several financial crimes in the US.
“The car was seized from one Charles Nii Armah, aka Shatta Wale. The officers were professional and civil, and the search and seizure occurred without incident. Nii Armah had pleaded with officers that he did not want the seizure to be made public because the vehicle was a big part of his brand, and that if his supporters saw the vehicle being driven away in the company of EOCO, it would destroy his brand. Nii Armah was allowed to surrender the vehicle himself, which is currently in the possession of EOCO.
“The FBI and the Justice Department intend to send a formal Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) to the Government of Ghana to return the car to the United States as part of Nana Kwabena Amuah’s $4,743,443 restitution. Charles Nii Armah, aka Shatta Wale, and a former senior officer of the National Signal Bureau (NSB), has been assessed as a person of interest and will be invited by EOCO to assist in further ongoing investigations in the coming days.”
