Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, Ohene Kwame Frimpong, has reportedly been arrested at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Parliament in confirming the news indicated that it is working closely with Ghana’s Diplomatic mission in The Hague to have a better understanding of the new development.
Also, the Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament together with both leaders of the House are probing for further details leading to the arrest of the independent legislator.
However, smartandstuck.com has received credible information about why Ohene Kwame Frimpong was detained. The embattled MP is part of a wider network of a criminal enterprise that defrauded white elderly people in the States. He is standing trial for his role in a $215 million international wire fraud and money laundering.
This portal is well informed that about twenty-six people made up of three Ghanaians and twenty-three Nigerians were convicted in April 2026 with OK Frimpong’s arrest being the latest.
The names of the three Ghanaians include Emily Agyemang, Emmanuel Essifile, and Kingsley Owusu.
Further indictment sheet revealed that from January 2020 to September 2023 OK Frimpong never stepped foot in the US due to the ongoing criminal activities. The leaders of the criminal enterprise are Ayobami Osas Christopher, also known as “Lovely Man” (30), Emmanuel Okereke and Olaleku Bashiru aka Ola Bash.
The leaders of this criminal entity wanted people to create fake identities and bank accounts they can use to receive funds from their victims. OK Frimpong allegedly created such an account to receive money and he has been found guilty of assisting in defrauding US Citizens.
According to Gossip24, OK Frimpong received his initial wire transfer $29,224 on April 1, 2021, $75,631 on 3rd March, 2022 and $20,000 on 15th April, 2022.
