US court orders extradition of former MASLOC CEO, Sedina Attionu to Ghana

A US District Court has ordered the extradition of a former CEO of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, who has been convicted and jailed by the Accra High Court in absentia for stealing and causing financial loss to the state.

In 2024, Sedina Attionu was convicted and handed a 10-year jail term in absentia by the Accra High Court for causing financial loss of almost GH¢90 million to the state during her tenure as MASLOC boss from 2013 to 2016.

Sedina, failed to return to Ghana after she was granted permission by the High Court in 2021 to seek medical treatment in the US.

Following a request by the government of Ghana in 2025, a US District Court sitting in the State of Nevada certified the extradition request.

“THEREFORE, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3184, the above findings, the Court certifies the extradition of Sedina Christine Tamakloe Attionu a.k.a. Sedina Sharon Christine Acolaste to Ghana on the 25 counts of Stealing in violation of 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); 9 counts of Conspiracy to Steal in violation of 23(1) and 124(1) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); 20 counts of Willfully Causing Financial Loss to the State in violation of 179 A (3)(a) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); 11 counts of Conspiracy to Willfully Cause Financial Loss to the State in violation of 23(1) and 179A(3)(a) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29); 3 counts of Causing Loss to Public Property in violation of 2 of the Public Property Protection Act, 1977 (SMCD 140); and 4 counts of Money Laundering in violation of 1(1)(c) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2008 (Act 749) and commits Attionu to the custody of the United States Marshal pending further decision on extradition and surrender by the Secretary of State pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3186,” the court ruled.