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Ex-Brooklyn Banker Faces Charges in Global Money Laundering Scheme

Berko was brought back from the United Kingdom to the U.S. in 2022 and was arrested that year.

A former banker based in Brooklyn is facing charges for international money laundering. Asanta Kwaku Berko, a dual resident of the United States and Ghana, is being charged for using U.S. currency to bribe Ghanian officials to secure a power plant deal. Between 2014 and 2017, Berko and others paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to ensure a Turkish energy company won a bid to build that power plant. Click here to read more on brooklyn.news12.com. 




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