Ghanaian indicted on passport fraud charges

CONCORD, N.H. A citizen of Ghana (Africa) was indicted in federal court in Concord (New Hampshire) on two charges related to passport fraud.

The U-S Attorney's office says 44-year-old Joseph Harry Amegah tried to obtain an American passport by stating on his application that he was born in Massachusetts. He also is accused of submitting a fake birth certificate with his application to support his claim.

Amegah lives in North Grafton, Massachusetts. He was indicted in New Hampshire because the passport application was sent to the National Passport Center in Portsmouth.

The charges carry a three to ten year prison term.