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Frederick Kuma, popularly known as Abu Trica, has alleged that investigators threatened to increase the financial value of charges against him to $8 million after he refused to reveal the identity of an account holder linked to an ongoing fraud investigation.
Speaking in an interview with Captain Smart on Onua TV on Wednesday, June 3, Abu Trica denied claims that he personally received millions of dollars, insisting that the amount directly connected to him was only $13,000.
“There is nothing like $8 million. It was clearly stated that I was given $13,000,” he said.
According to him, the $8 million figure only surfaced after he had already been arrested and placed in custody.
Explaining his experience, Abu Trica said he was called out from his cell at the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) facility for what he believed was an interrogation session.
“When I was in the cells at the narcotics office, I was called and told that some people wanted to interrogate me and have a discussion with me. I was taken into a dark conference room with poor lighting where there were some white men and other black men,” he alleged.
He further claimed that investigators placed documents before him and informed him that his arrest had been orchestrated as part of a setup.
“They dropped some documents before me and told me everything was a setup. They said they knew I was not the owner of the account involved in the alleged fraudulent activities and asked me to provide the name of the account owner,” he recounted.
However, Abu Trica said he refused to disclose the identity of the alleged account owner, arguing that investigators should already have that information through their own investigations.
“I told them I could not mention the person’s name because I expected them to know through their investigations before coming to ask me,” he stated.
According to him, his refusal appeared to anger some members of the investigative team.
“When I told them I could not tell them the owner of the account, I realised the white men were getting angry. One of them said that if I did not provide the details, I would be charged from a million dollars to $8 million,” he claimed.
Abu Trica’s comments come weeks after the General Jurisdiction 2 Division of the High Court in Accra granted him bail in the sum of GH¢30 million with two justified sureties.
He has remained at the centre of extradition proceedings following his arrest in December 2025 over allegations linked to romance fraud and related cybercrime offences in the United States.
