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Following her extradition, US authorities have finally released information regarding Mona Faiz Montrage, alias Hajia4Reall,'s arrest in the United Kingdom.
The most recent information appears to be consistent with earlier speculative reports published when she was initially apprehended at Heathrow Airport in London on November 10, 2022.
After six months in the custody of British authorities, Montrage was transferred to American authorities on Friday, May 12, 2023. On Monday, she appeared in Manhattan federal court.
The Ghanaian social media influencer is facing justice for her alleged participation in a series of multimillion-dollar fraud schemes.
She allegedly defrauded older, unmarried American men and women of more than $2 million through a perverse lonely hearts scam, according to federal prosecutors.
Each of the charges against Montrage carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison: one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of wire fraud, one count of money laundering conspiracy, and one count of money laundering.
She is also charged with one count of receiving stolen funds, which carries a maximum 10-year prison sentence, and one count of conspiracy to receive stolen funds, which carries a maximum 5-year prison sentence.
Here's how Montrage stole $2 million from her victims, according to court documents:
From 2013 to 2019, Montrage was associated with a group of con artists from West Africa who used false identities to deceive individuals into believing they were in relationships with them via email, text, and social media messages.
Court documents allege that the scammers then convinced the victims to transmit money to them under false pretenses, such as to help move gold from overseas to the United States, to resolve fake FBI investigations, or to assist fake US Army officers in Afghanistan.
In one instance, Montrage allegedly deceived a victim into sending her $89,000 via 82 wire transfers under the guise of funding her father's Ghanaian farm.
Montrage deceived them into believing they were married in Ghana by sending them a tribal marriage certificate after using her true identity to communicate with the victim on the phone multiple times.
According to court documents, Montrage received funds from a number of other victims defrauded by her network of con artists.
In total, Montrage received over $2 million in fraudulent funds in Bronx and other bank accounts, including one opened in the name of a fictitious apparel company, 4Reall Designs.
She is then accused of laundering the stolen funds to other members of the criminal organization.