SHAMEFUL: Ghana's Most Notorious Social Media Lady Fraudster, MONA FAIZ MONTRAGE alias 'Hajia4reall' extradited to United States for STEALING $2million in Fake Marriage Scam …30-year-old pleads not guilty to six counts including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, money laundering, receipt of stolen money and conspiracy to receive stolen money * In one instance, lures an American elderly man with fake marriage certificate issued from Accra and received 82 wire transfers totaling $89,000 cash to deceitfully help her father's farm in Ghana *Influencer status on Instagram boasts more than 4.2 million followers, always shares posts about her music, travels to London and luxury goods * Targets lonely elderly men, older women and widow looking for genuine companionship in an operation through online dating and social media websites where she uses fake personas to send emails, text messages and social media messages to deceive them into believing they were in romantic relationships * Montrage received fraud proceeds from victims of the operation in bank accounts she controlled in New York City and elsewhere, and in business bank accounts opened in the name of '4Reall Designs,' a purported clothing company. Once she received the money in the accounts she controlled, she withdrew, transported and laundered those proceeds to other members of the operation under false pretenses -Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York *BY JOYCE KOFI/CRIME Correspondent in Accra & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor

SHAMEFUL: Ghana's Most Notorious Social Media Lady Fraudster, MONA FAIZ MONTRAGE alias 'Hajia4reall' extradited to United States for STEALING $2million in Fake Marriage Scam …30-year-old pleads not guilty to six counts including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, money laundering, receipt of stolen money and conspiracy to receive stolen money *"In one instance, lures an American elderly man with fake marriage certificate issued from Accra and received 82 wire transfers totaling $89,000 cash to deceitfully help her father's farm in Ghana" *Influencer status on Instagram boasts more than 4.2 million followers, always shares posts about her music, travels to London and luxury goods * Targets lonely elderly men, older women and widow looking for genuine companionship in an operation through online dating and social media websites where she uses fake personas to send emails, text messages and social media messages to deceive them into believing they were in romantic relationships *"Montrage received fraud proceeds from victims of the operation in bank accounts she controlled in New York City and elsewhere, and in business bank accounts opened in the name of '4Reall Designs,' a purported clothing company. Once she received the money in the accounts she controlled, she withdrew, transported and laundered those proceeds to other members of the operation under false pretenses"-Damian Williams, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York *BY JOYCE KOFI/CRIME Correspondent in Accra & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor
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