David N A Quarcoo, a digital investigations professional who describes himself as a confidant of Ghanaian businessman Frederick Kumi, popularly known as Abu Trica, has rejected viral claims that the businessman named several individuals as accomplices in his ongoing romance scam case in the United States.
Quarcoo released footage of an alleged video call with Abu Trica, saying the conversation centred on reports circulating on social media about the businessman allegedly identifying about eight people, including a Member of Parliament from the Central Region.
According to Quarcoo, Abu Trica dismissed the claims during their conversation and described them as fabricated.
“Since the last court time that Abu Trica went, he hasn’t even seen his lawyer again. I speak to the lawyer three times a week. How can that be a case that we are going through discovery? How can he mention names?” he said.
Quarcoo added that he and Abu Trica discussed the allegations during the video call and found them amusing.
“This morning, Abu Trica and I were talking about this on a video call, and we were just laughing over the matter,” he said.
The comments come after reports circulating on social media claimed that Abu Trica had mentioned the names of about eight individuals as accomplices in his US case, including a sitting MP from the Central Region.
Quarcoo disputed the reports, arguing that the case remains at the discovery stage and questioning how Abu Trica could have reached a point in the proceedings where he would be identifying or implicating other people.
He also said Abu Trica had not been communicating with his lawyer or prosecutors in a manner that, in his view, would support the claims circulating online.
Abu Trica was extradited from Ghana to the United States to face charges linked to an alleged $8 million romance scam targeting elderly Americans.
US authorities allege that he was part of a criminal network that used artificial intelligence tools to create fake identities, establish online relationships with victims and obtain money through fraudulent means.
He was extradited in the early hours of Thursday, July 9, 2026, aboard Delta Air Lines Flight DL157.
The flight departed the Accra International Airport at 9:03 a.m., shortly after its scheduled 9:00 a.m. departure, and was expected to arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York at about 4:00 p.m. local time.
The extradition followed a July 2, 2026 ruling by the High Court in Accra ordering that Abu Trica be surrendered to US authorities to face the allegations.
The latest claims about individuals allegedly named by Abu Trica have circulated primarily on social media, while Quarcoo has publicly rejected them. The claims have not been independently established in the information provided.
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