A fake US Embassy operating out of Ghana for nearly the past decade has finally been discovered and shut down. The "Sham office" has been operating pretty effectively for the past 1 years ( up until now of course). Members of an organized crime gang made up of Turkish and Ghanaian citizens operated the fake Embassy in Accra where they flew the American flag on the building every Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 7:30am to 12 noon and issued fraudulently obtained but legitimate U.S. visas and many more legal documents (think bank records, education records, birth certificates, etc.) for a cost of $6,000.

According to the Department of State, the suspects hung a photo of President Barack Obama on the wall of the room and targeted mainly citizens of Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, and Togo.

Several suspects were arrested and evidence collected included a laptop computer; smartphones; 150 passports from 10 countries; legitimate and counterfeit visas from the US, the Schengen zone, India, and South Africa; and counterfeit identity documents.

The information did not identify any of the suspects by name, it indicated that a Ghanaian immigration lawyer working with corrupt Ghana law enforcement officers were part of the scam.