| Ghana
Influencer
Montrage For
Romance Scams
On $500000
Bail, New
Counsel Wants
60 Days
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 8 – A Ghana-based
influencer was hit with 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
was to be
presented
before U.S.
District Judge
Paul A. Crotty
-- Inner City
Press was
there, thread
here:
OK
- now at
arraignment of
Ghana's
Montrage, her
lawyer says he
spoke with her
for 20 minutes
in the 5th
floor holding
cell. Now
waiting for
her to be
brought in by
Marshals, in
chains
Montrage
has been
brought in
yellow prison
jumpsuit,
appears to
have been
crying.
AUSA:
She was
extradited
from UK on
Friday. Her
counsel waived
presentment
until today.
Bail is
proposed: bond
of $500,000
signed by
three,
$100,000
secured bond.
AUSA:
Home detention
with aunt in
New Jersey.
Detention
until $100,000
security, and
two
signatures.
Judge
Crotty: How do
you plead?
Montrage:
Not guilty.
On
May 24, the
executed bond
was docketed.
The co-signers
are Hashimiyu
Haruna,
Fatahia Chung
and Ayisheto
Al Hassan...
On
October 6, the
pre-trial
conference was
pushed back a
month.
On
November 8,
Montrage's new
lawyer wrote
in and asked
for another 60
days.
More
details on
Substack here
The
case is US v.
Montrage,
22-cr-617
(Crotty)
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