Member of the Communication team for the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Sylvester Soprano Sarpong has blamed the erstwhile Mahama administration and the current Akufo-Addo government for the arrest of Hajia4Reall.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday, May 15, 2023, announced the indictment of Ghanaian socialite Mona Faiz Montrage popularly known as Hajia4Reall on fraud-related charges.
According to the DoJ, Mona was arrested in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2022, in connection with a series of romance schemes and money laundering between 2013 and 2019.
She is said to have received payments amounting to over $2 million from her victims in collaboration with a criminal enterprise operating in the West Africa area.
She is facing up to 95 years jail term if found guilty on all six charges leveled against her.
Soprano reacting to this believes if the two administrations had put the right systems, especially for the youth, people like Hajia4reall would not have been arrested.
He stated:
“…Look at these leaders who were given everything on a silver platter; they’ve just ruined us and brought us to our knees. Look at what Hajia4Reall was doing and I can tell you that is what almost every youth is doing; it’s called Yahoo Yahoo and it’s because there’s no alternative. So what has happened to Hajia4Reall is a direct result of the presidency of Mahama and Akufo-Addo. I’ll put the blame at their doorstep…”.
Sylvester Soprano Sarpong
Persons within social, business circles of Hajia4Reall subject of investigation
The Financial Intelligence Centre(FIC) revealed that all persons within the social and business circles of Mona Faiz Montrage, popularly known as Hajia4Reall are now persons of interest.
The socialite is facing charges of fraud in a $ 2 million romance scam case in the United States of America after she was extradited from the United Kingdom.
Speaking on Thursday, the Deputy Manager at the FIC, Shaun Henry Osei said his agency is collaborating with INTERPOL and the FBI to investigate all persons found in Hajia4Reall’s circles.
“Obviously she’s not going to be working alone, she’s going to be working in a network. The evidence that you have access to will actually lead you to be able to find out who her greater network is and obviously, if you find her greater network, by instinct you will want to look at those people because then, they become persons of interest”.
Shaun Henry Osei
The FIC is also asking the public to report suspicious wealth activities to the relevant authorities because such undertakings are often linked to terrorist activities.
“You can report to the FIC for starters. We receive reports from accountable institutions, from individuals so you can make a report and send it via mail and you can even bring it personally. Some of these young guys we see, I know most have been attributed to fraud but some are into very legitimate business. They are into forex trade and other business… Forex trade, I’m not certain what the law says on it, but what I can say is that when it comes to crypto and other things I think as a country we don’t yet have a definitive position on that per what the Bank of Ghana is saying and usually when there’s space like that people are likely to explore”.
Shaun Henry Osei
Conservative daily tabloid based in New York City in the United States captured the story of Ghanaian social media influencer Hajia4Reall after she was extradited from the US over a romance scam.
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