Ghanaian
socialite Hajia 4Reall is set to be released on home detention
but will have a GPS ankle monitor on her leg as she faces prosecution in a
romance scam case in the United States (US).
Hajia 4Reall to
be released on $500,000 bond with GPS tracking ankle monitor
The 30-year-old
influencer has been extradited from the UK to the US for allegedly defrauding
elderly, single American men and women to the tune of $2 million in a depraved
lonely hearts scam.
The United
States Attorney’s Office said she’s being prosecuted for her role in a series
of romance schemes and for laundering the proceeds of those schemes.
Hajia 4Reall
faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of the charges, which include
wire fraud, money laundering, receipt of stolen money and conspiracy.
According to the
New York Post, she pleaded not guilty to all the charges during her first court
appearances in the US.
The report
further cited Hajia 4Reall’s lawyer as saying she was set to be “released
on home detention to her aunt’s New Jersey residence in the coming days on
$500,000 bond, with GPS tracking via an ankle monitor.”
Hajia 4Reall’s
lawyer, Adam Cortez, also disclosed that there were six alleged victims
involved in the case.
“At this time
all we know is that there are six alleged victims and only two dealt with a
woman and only one of them claims that he dealt with Ms. Montrage,” he
said.
Meanwhile, a
statement from the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York
said she allegedly scammed one of her victims with a fake marriage.
She is alleged
to have sent the victim a tribal marriage certificate purporting to show that
they were married in Ghana and took $89,000 from her victim.
“As to one
victim, MONTRAGE used her real name and spoke to the victim several times by
phone. MONTRAGE sent the victim a tribal marriage certificate purporting to
show that MONTRAGE and the victim had been married in Ghana,” the US
Attorney’s Office said on its website.
“The victim sent
MONTRAGE approximately 82 wire transfers totaling approximately $89,000 to
purportedly help with costs associated with MONTRAGE’s father’s farm in Ghana.
“In total,
MONTRAGE controlled bank accounts that received over $2 million in fraudulent
funds from the Enterprise.”
Hajia 4 Reall is
presumed innocent until proven guilty, though.
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