A magistrate judge in the United States has ordered the extradition of Sedina Tamakloe Attionu, former Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), to Ghana to serve a ten-year prison sentence.

In a ruling delivered on April 9, 2026, Judge Daniel J Albregts of the District of Nevada held that evidence presented in the case, United States of America v. Sedina Christine Tamakloe, was sufficient to support her extradition.

The court certified her extradition on multiple charges under Ghanaian law, including stealing, conspiracy to steal, causing financial loss to the state, conspiracy to cause financial loss, causing loss to public property, and money laundering. She has been remanded in the custody of the United States Marshals pending a final decision by the US Secretary of State on her surrender.

According to a statement issued on January 15, 2026, by Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, Victor Emmanuel Smith, Tamakloe Attionu was arrested by US Marshals on January 6, 2026, following an extradition request submitted in July 2024. She has since been held at a detention facility in Nevada.

In April 2024, an Accra High Court sentenced her to ten years’ imprisonment with hard labour. A former Chief Operating Officer of MASLOC, Daniel Axim, was also sentenced to five years in prison.

A five-member panel of the Supreme Court of Ghana granted Axim bail of GH¢500,000 with two sureties on January 14, 2026, pending appeal.

Both individuals were convicted on 78 counts, including stealing, conspiracy to steal, causing financial loss to the state, money laundering and causing loss to public property.

The trial proceeded in the absence of Tamakloe Attionu after she failed to return to Ghana following a trip to the United States in 2021 for medical treatment.

The case involved allegations of financial losses and irregularities amounting to millions of cedis during their time at MASLOC. Authorities say the two were responsible for various offences, including unauthorised financial commitments and improper payments.

It remains unclear whether Tamakloe Attionu will immediately serve her sentence upon return to Ghana or seek bail pending appeal, as was granted to her co-convict.