Nkonkonsa Celebrity Gossip From Africa
Social media influencer cum musician, Mona Faiz Montrage, popularly known as Hajia4Reall, has agreed to forfeit over US$2.1 million and restitute same to authorities in the United States.
This was part of a guilty plea she entered in a romance scam case that started last year.
Montrage pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to receive stolen money and per US laws, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
“She also agreed to pay a forfeiture of $2,164,758.41 and make restitution in the same amount.
“She is set to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty at a yet-to-be-determined date,” a statement posted on the website of the Department of Justice (DoJ) read in part.
It remains to be seen if she will be given the maximum five-year sentence.
The DoJ statement dated February 21, 2024, read in part: “Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the guilty plea today of MONA FAIZ MONTRAGE for her role in laundering the proceeds of a series of romance scams.”
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