Daryl Harrison, Ohio man who claimed to be a Ghanaian prince, convicted on 10 fraud-related counts
From 2014 to
Claiming to be a Ghanaian
Harrison also claimed to be a minister, using
Investors were promised a 28% to 33% return by Harrison. Many of the victims were members of the
Harrison “routinely withdrew thousands of dollars in cash from the Ministries bank accounts shortly after receiving investments," the money being used "to rent a house in
Once Harrison acquired the money, investors were left high and dry.
Harrison “failed to provide investors with interest payments, routinely terminated all communications with investors, ignored individual investor inquiries, and ignored demands from investors seeking the return of investment monies,” his
Harrison will be sentenced at a later date on his 10 counts of mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and witness tampering.
He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
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