Following the viral news of the extradition from the UK to the USA of Mona Montrage, aka Hajia4real, due to a $2M romance scam, the Ghanaian artiste & Socialite has been granted a half-a-million dollar bail.
She has reportedly pleaded not guilty during her court appearance and is 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, her lawyer, and the prosecutor’s office have confirmed.
“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,” her attorney, Adam Cortez, told The Post.
Mona was extradited from the United Kingdom to the US for allegedly swindling over $2 million from older, single American men and women in a twisted lonely hearts scam, federal prosecutors said. The scammers would then get the victims to transfer money to them under false pretences — such as to help move gold to the US from overseas, to resolve bogus FBI investigations, and payments to help fake US Army officers in Afghanistan, court papers allege.
Montrage, in one case, allegedly duped a victim into sending her $89,000 through 82 wire transfers on the pretext of helping her father’s farm in Ghana, the court documents claim.
However, on her birthday, Monday, June 26th, she posted on her Instagram to share beautiful photos to mark her day. Beautiful as always, Mona was dressed in a beautiful all-black leather outfit.
She wrote … “Happy Birthday to me, and a big thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes and, above all, your love and prayers showed to me during these difficult times.”
She continued; “One thing that my father has always told me since I was young is that “only the good die young.” now I truly understand what that statement really means. There is a time for everything, and the world will come to know the truth, and my story will be heard”
Author: Bunmi Johnson
New York, USA
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