Ghanaian woman jailed 5 years in US for $1.6million romance scam

A Maryland-based Ghanaian woman has been sentenced to 70 months in a United States federal prison for her role in a romance scam that defrauded victims across the country of more than $1.6 million. Nana Takyiwa Adonu, 43, who resided in Odenton, Maryland, received the sentence on July 22, 2026, in the Southern District of…