On Monday, federal prosecutors made the announcement that Ghanaian social media influencer Mona Faiz Montrage, better known as Hajia 4Reall, had been extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States for allegedly defrauding older single Americans of more than $2 million in a twisted "lonely hearts" scam.
Mona Faiz Montrage, 30, of Accra, Ghana, appeared in federal court on Monday, according to prosecutors, for her alleged involvement in a series of romance schemes targeting elderly singles. Her attorney confirmed to the post that she has argued that she is not liable for the charges and will soon be delivered on a $500,000 bond with GPS following through a screen on her lower leg.
According to the federal authorities, Montrage, who had approximately 3.4 million followers on her Instagram account, Hajia 4Reall, from at least 2013 to 2019, was associated with a group of extortionists from West Africa who planned to use messages and online entertainment messages to trick people into thinking they were involved with them.
The con artists would then convince the victims to send them money in a deceptive way, such as to help move gold to the United States from abroad or to pay for fictitious FBI checks and installments to help fake US military officials in Afghanistan, according to court papers. In one case, according to court documents, Montrage allegedly conned a victim into sending her $89,000 through 82 wire transfers under the guise that he would help her father's ghanaian farm.
According to the filing, she sent the person a tribal marriage certificate to fool them into thinking they were married after a series of phone conversations under her real name. Examiners guarantee that montrage likewise got cash from various other people who had been conned by individuals in her organization. The group robbed victims of $2 million in total and transferred it to Montrage bank accounts in the Bronx and elsewhere, including one she opened under the fictitious name of 4Reall Designs, a clothing company.
As indicated by the prosecution she then, at that point, purportedly disseminated the taken assets to other organization representatives.
According to an explanation, Manhattan-based US attorney Damian Williams, "Mona Faiz montrage was an individual from a criminal scheme that explicitly designated more established Americans through sentiment tricks." These ploys have the potential to devastate weak casualties both financially and actually.
Due to the undertakings of our policing Montrage was caught abroad and has been brought to the US to go up against value the affirmation continued.
The electronic amusement power house whose instagram account was among the primary 10 most gone on in Ghana caught on november 10 2022, in the UK for the alleged stunt and brought to the US on friday.
Money laundering conspiracy, receiving stolen funds, and wire fraud are the charges against Montrage. Assuming she is seen as at legitimate fault for the primary energize she could spend to 20 years in jail. Adam Cortez, Montrage's legal advisor, stated in the post. At this moment all we know is that there are six declared setbacks and only two dealt with a woman and only one of them ensures that he oversaw Ms. Montrage.
Cortez said he couldn't comment further until he gets extra information and verification from specialists.
While he waits for her to arrive, the client, according to the attorney, can only travel to certain areas of New York and New Jersey.
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