Shatta Wale Interrogated by EOCO Over Lamborghini Linked to $4m US Crime, Granted GHC10m Bail

By Joylinda Laryea / 21 August, 2025

Dancehall artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, has been interrogated by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in connection with a Lamborghini Urus identified by US authorities as proceeds of a $4 million crime.

According to EOCO, the luxury vehicle was traced to Ghana following a request from the FBI and the US Justice Department to track and recover assets connected to a fraud case involving Ghanaian citizen, Nana Kwabena Amuah, who is currently serving a jail term in the United States. A U.S. District Court in Kentucky has already issued an order forfeiting the Lamborghini as a substitute asset to be handed over to the US government.

Shatta Wale was invited by EOCO after publicly claiming to have bought the Lamborghini for $150,000 from an unknown individual. However, he has so far been unable to provide credible proof of ownership, with the only document in his possession being a customs declaration bearing the name of the jailed Nana Kwabena Amuah.

He appeared at EOCO headquarters on August 20, 2025, hours later than his scheduled appointment, and only agreed to cooperate after the arrival of his lawyer. His interrogation lasted until 9 p.m., after which he was granted bail set at GHC10 million with two sureties to be justified.

Investigators say the musician has been unable to identify the person who sold him the car, except to mention a possible name “ZAK,” whom he claims to have contacted via WhatsApp but has since lost touch with.

EOCO says the sureties will undergo standard inspection procedures before the artiste can be released from custody. Investigations into possible co-conspirators in the $4 million fraud case are still ongoing.