According to Inner City Press, the socialite will be allowed to fly back to Ghana after her jail term.
Here’s are excerpts from the court proceedings:
Judge: I sentence Ms Montrage to one year and one day in prison, the extra day to allow “good time.”
Defense: We propose she be allowed to fly back to Ghana as soon as she is released, with no ICE detention
AUSA: We consent. Adjourned
Earlier, Hajia4Real had pleaded with the court to sentence her for three months because she is a single mother.
She told the court that she got involved in the romance scam because she was involved with a man who was involved in the trade and had a child for the man.
However, the U.S Attorney kicked against a lesser sentence for her with the argument that the sentence is supposed to be longer to serve as a deterrent for others.
Ghanaian socialite Hajia4Reall born Mona Faiz Montrage was charged and extradited from the United Kingdom where she was arrested to the United States of America (USA) for her role in a romance scheme.
According to reports available to this website, the socialite who had been talking about her rise through entrepreneurship was involved in a romance scam to the tune of $2 million.
She is said to have spoken to one of her victims several times and received wire transfers to the tune of $89,000 to help fund her father’s farm.
The socialite was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of money laundering conspiracy and one count of money laundering, she was also charged with one count of receipt of stolen money which carries 10 years prison sentence and conspiracy to receive stolen cash which carries five years jail term.
