Former MASLOC CEO Sedina Tamakloe to remain in US Marshals custody pending extradition to Ghana

Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre MASLOC, has been ordered into the custody of the United States Marshals as her extradition to Ghana proceeds. A United States District Court in Nevada, presided over by Magistrate Judge Daniel J Albregts, certified the extradition request after finding sufficient legal grounds and probable cause for her conviction on multiple financial crimes. The court ruled to certify her extradition to Ghana on 25 counts of Stealing, 9 counts of Conspiracy to Steal, 20 counts of Willfully Causing Financial Loss to the State, 11 counts of Conspiracy to Willfully Cause Financial Loss to the State, 3 counts of Causing Loss to Public Property, and 4 counts of Money Laundering. Attionu was convicted in absentia by an Accra High Court in 2024 and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for causing nearly GH¢90 million in financial losses during her tenure as MASLOC CEO between 2013 and 2016. She had failed to return to Ghana after being granted permission in 2021 to travel to the United States for medical treatment, leading to her trial proceeding without her presence. Ghana’s government formally initiated extradition proceedings in 2025, and the final decision now rests with the US Secretary of State, who will determine whether Attionu is surrendered to Ghana to serve her sentence.