Ghanaian dancehall star Charles Nii Armah, better known as Shatta Wale, has surrendered a 2019 Lamborghini Urus to the country’s anti-corruption agency after U.S. authorities flagged the vehicle as proceeds of crime.
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) said the seizure followed a request from the U.S. Justice Department in connection with the case of Ghanaian fraudster Nana Kwabena Amuah, who is serving an 86-month sentence in the United States for defrauding nearly 70 organisations.
Shatta Wale, who denied any link to Amuah and said he was a “third-party owner,” told Reuters he purchased the bright yellow SUV for $150,000 and had supplied EOCO with purchase documents. “I don’t know who shipped it to the country,” he said.
EOCO said the car would be repatriated to the U.S. as part of Amuah’s $4.7 million restitution order, and that officers carried weapons on the operation as a standard safety protocol.