How US Marshals Sedina Tamakloe was arrested and detained in the US
Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States of America, Victor Smith, has confirmed the arrest and detention of former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre, Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, in the United States.
In a statement dated January 15, 2026, and signed by the ambassador, it was revealed that Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu was arrested by the US Marshals on January 6, 2026.
The statement said she is currently being held at the Nevada Southern Detention Centre at 2190 East Mesquite Avenue, Pahrump, where she is awaiting her court appearance.
“I can today confirm that Mrs Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu, is being detained at the Nevada Southern Detention Center.
“2190 East Mesquite Avenue.
“Pahrump, NEVADA.
“My information is that she was detained by US Marshals on January 6th and has since been kept at that detention center.
“I am reliably informed that acting on an extradition request sent to the US Authorities sometime in July 2024, US Marshals arrested Mrs Tamakloe-Attionu and placed her in detention to await her day in court,” part of the statement said.
Background
Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu was sentenced to 10 years in prison on April 16, 2024, for embezzling GH¢3.19 million while at MASLOC and causing a deliberate financial loss of GH¢90 million to the state.
She and former MASLOC Chief Operating Officer, Daniel Axim, were also accused of making unauthorised commitments that created financial obligations of GH¢61.74 million for the state.
The charges further included the loss of GH¢22.15 million in public property, improper payment of GH¢273,743, and laundering of GH¢3.7 million.
On February 24, 2023, the court allowed the prosecution to continue the trial in her absence. This followed her failure to return to Ghana after being allowed to travel to the United States in 2021 for medical treatment.
Earlier, on January 24, 2023, the court ordered former Ghana National Petroleum Corporation CEO Alex Mould and actress Gavivina Tamakloe to pay a GH¢5 million bail bond after they failed to produce Attionu, for whom they stood as sureties.
According to the prosecution, investigations by the Economic and Organised Crime Office in 2017 uncovered fraudulent MASLOC fund disbursements involving Attionu and Axim.
The investigations showed that in June 2014, MASLOC invested GH¢150,000 in Obaatanpa Micro-Finance Company Limited, a licensed Tier II microfinance company based in Ejura in the Ashanti Region.
Attionu later approved an additional GH¢500,000 investment, which led to a MASLOC Agricultural Development Bank cheque of GH¢500,000 being issued to Obaatanpa on July 24, 2014.
After the cheque was received, Attionu allegedly demanded a 24 percent interest rate. When Obaatanpa declined, she reportedly demanded the money back in cash. The company returned GH¢500,000 in cash on August 28, 2014.
Although Attionu acknowledged receipt of the money in a letter dated August 28, 2014, investigations found no record of the repayment at MASLOC. It was alleged that she used the GH¢500,000 for personal purposes…CONTINUE MORE READING>>>