'Hajia4Reall' Charged For Role In Romance Scheme And Extradited From UK To The United States

Mona Faiz Montrage popularly known as 'Hajia 4 Real' has been charged for her alleged involvement in romance scheme and also receiving over $2 Million in fraud proceeds and pretended to marry one victim to further the fraud scheme.

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the unsealing of a six-count Indictment charging MONA FAIZ MONTRAGE for her role in a series of romance schemes and for laundering the proceeds of those schemes.  MONTRAGE was arrested in the United Kingdom on November 10, 2022, and was extradited from the United Kingdom on May 12, 2023. 

MONTRAGE will be presented before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty, to whom the case is assigned, later today.

Read attached her full charges