FBI Director Kash Patel revealed on X today (October 8, 2026) that agents have dismantled another major scam operation in Ghana under the ongoing global initiative known as Operation Blackout. The effort targets organized overseas fraud networks that prey on American victims.
Details from the Ghana action released so far (the probe continues):
Nearly $10 million in confirmed victim losses
89 people identified as victims
More than 130 suspects arrested or held (among them trafficking victims who will be returned to their home countries)
Over 300 electronic devices confiscated
Patel wrote: “These scam compounds target American citizens and destroy lives and this FBI is crushing them in every corner of the world. More to come.”
Cumulative figures for the wider Operation Blackout: Approximately $17 billion in assets seized, Hundreds of suspected fraudsters taken into custody, Thousands of trafficked workers liberated,More than 10,000 Americans alerted before they sent money.
An estimated $670 million in potential losses blocked.
Operation Blackout focuses on large, industrial-scale scam compounds abroad many staffed by forced labor that run romance fraud, cryptocurrency investment schemes, and related cons aimed mainly at U.S. citizens, particularly older adults.
While these centers were long concentrated in Southeast Asia, authorities note a growing shift into parts of Africa. Ghana has already featured in several high-profile cases, including the extradition of suspects tied to multimillion-dollar romance scams.
The latest announcement underscores continued close collaboration between U.S. and Ghanaian law-enforcement agencies, supported by the FBI’s Legal Attaché office in Accra.
Source : Kash Patel ( FBI Director on X )
