Hajia 4Reall To Serve A Maximum 5 Year Jail Sentence And Pay $2.1 Million In Restitution

Ghanaian socialite and influencer MONA FAIZ MONTRAGE popularly known as Hajia 4Reall has pleaded guilty to receiving fraud proceeds from romantic scams.

She pled guilty to conspiracy to receive stolen money before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah L.

U.S. Attorney 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.”

In total, Hajia 4Reall controlled bank accounts that received over $2 million in fraudulent funds from the Enterprise.

Hajia 4Reall, 31, pled guilty to one count of conspiring to receive stolen money, which carries 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.

Hajia 4Reall is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty.

From at least in or about 2013 through in or about 2019, Hajia 4Reall 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.

She rose to fame as an influencer through her Instagram profile under the username “Hajia4Reall,” which at one point had approximately 3.4 million Instagram followers and was among the top 10 profiles with the most followers in Ghana.

Mr. Williams praised the outstanding work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.