A United States District Court has ordered the extradition of Sedinam Tamakloe Attionu, a former Chief Executive of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC).
Sedinam Attionu was sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison, after the High Court in Accra found her guilty of embezzlement and causing financial loss to the state during her tenure as MASLOC CEO from 2013 to 2016.
Ahead of the sentence, she had failed to return to Ghana after being granted permission by the High Court in 2021 to seek medical treatment in the US.
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The Ghanaian government formally initiated extradition proceedings in November 2025, leading to her arrest and subsequent detention at the Nevada Southern Detention Centre in January.
Following the request by the government in 2025, a US District Court sitting in the State of Nevada has now 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.
Her extradition marks a significant step toward enforcing the judgment and ensuring she returns to serve her sentence.