Nkonkonsa Celebrity Gossip From Africa
Information gathered by NKONKONSA.com indicates that Ghanaian singer and socialite, Hajia4Real, has pleaded guilty to a romance scam.
According to an official report from the United States Attorney’s Office, published by innercitypress.com, Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced on Wednesday 21st February 2024, that MONA FAIZ MONTRAGE pleaded guilty to her involvement in laundering the proceeds of a series of romance scams.
“MONTRAGE pled guilty today to conspiracy to receive stolen money before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave,” the report said.
Damian Williams said “Mona Faiz Montrage knowingly received money stolen from older Americans through romance scams and was arrested abroad and now faces serious consequences for her actions.
Romance scams such as Montrage’s harmed her vulnerable, elderly victims not only in the cruel betrayal of trust in the realization that their online romantic connection was fiction, but by also callously stealing their money.
“This Office and our law enforcement partners are relentless in bringing fraudsters who target Americans to justice, no matter where they are,” the U.S attorney concluded.
Hajia 4 Reall is said to have pled guilty to one count of conspiring to receive stolen money, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
The Ghanaian influencer also agreed to pay forfeiture for $2,164,758.41 and make restitution in the same amount. Hajia 4 Reall is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty.
According to U.S prosecutors, from at least in or about 2013 through in or about 2019, Hajia 4 Reall was a member of a criminal enterprise (the “Enterprise”) based in West Africa that committed a series of frauds against individuals and businesses in the U.S., including romance scams.
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