A man has been sentenced in connection with a scheme to defraud Lexington out of nearly four million dollars.
A native of Ghana, 31-year-old Nana Amuah, was sentenced to more than 7 years in federal prison on Wednesday for conspiring to commit money laundering.
Amuah was also ordered to pay $4,743,443,60.
According to Amuah’s plea agreement, Amuah convinced and instructed a woman on how to open bank accounts and set up transactions.
Court documents show messages sent between the two with screenshots showing the nearly $4 million posted to a bank account.
That woman, 24-year-old Shimea McDonald, pled guilty in June.
Prosecutors say McDonald acted as a shell corporation to take money meant for housing initiatives. The city caught it in August, and the FBI recovered the money.
Source: WBKO
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