BIG-SIG: A Ghanain arrested for defrauding a south Korean company of $375,000.

A 28-year-old  Ghanaian based in the United States scammed a South Korean steel company out of $375,000 by claiming he worked with a Japanese talent agency that could help the company book a concert by musician Pharrell Williams, FBI  gents. in Pennsylvania said



Segbefia had a company, Eastern Stars LLC, which he used to give rings of legitimacy to his claims. He told the South Korean firm, Dosko Co. Ltd, his company was the legal representative of Pharell. He wired them a contract and an invoice, as well as fake documents, emails, and the names of Pharell’s real management team. They wired him the $375,000, of which he withdrew $113,000 before the South Koreans got suspicious and recalled the transfer.

The uk base Ghanaian , of Silver Spring, Maryland, faces multiple charges, including wire fraud, bank fraud and identity theft. He is also accused of stealing the identity of a western Pennsylvania postal worker and using it to bilk more than $445,000 from women.

At least one woman lost $185,000 from
December 2013 to August 2014 in the scam,
the FBI said. Segbefia convinced her that he
owned a medical equipment business and
kept running into financial difficulties
while trying to ship some of the devices to
England, the FBI said. Segbefia, a native of
Ghana who is in the U.S. legally, was
arrested by federal customs officials at
Kennedy Airport in New York. He was
released on bond but ordered confined to
his home until his appearance before a
federal magistrate on May 14 in Pittsburgh.