• Authorities in Ghana and the United Kingdom seized approximately US$15.1 million in cryptocurrency linked to a cross-border investment fraud scheme.
• Investigators traced assets across nearly 20 digital tokens using blockchain analytics tools and international cooperation.
• Officials are now identifying victims before returning recovered funds, including compensation for affected UK residents.

Ghana’s Economic and Organised Crime Office and the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency collaborated to seize approximately US$15.1 million in cryptocurrency linked to an alleged transnational investment scam that targeted thousands of victims.

The investigation began after compliance teams at the cryptocurrency exchange OKX flagged suspicious…