According to court records, it has come to light that Hajia4Reall managed five foreign bank accounts in which she received funds from six different individuals.
The court documents, obtained through Gossips24 Avenue, disclosed that these bank accounts were established under fictitious business names in three separate banks located in Bronx, New York. These accounts, collectively known as the ‘Montrage Accounts,’ were numbered from Account 1 to Account 5, and the court provided detailed insights into how Hajia4Reall operated them.
Accounts 1 and 3 were categorized as business accounts under the name ‘Mona Montrage DBA 4Reall Designs,’ ostensibly representing a beauty supply store owned by a sole proprietor.
Hajia4Reall had exclusive authority over both Account 1 and Account 3, which were initiated on May 23, 2018, and September 15, 2016, respectively. Interestingly, there were no records of transactions linked to beauty supplies in these accounts.
Accounts 2, 4, and 5 were bank accounts registered under the name ‘Mona Faiz Montrage.’ Initially, Account 2 had “Montrage” as the sole signatory, but later, an additional individual (referred to as Individual 2) was included on the account.
Over time, the list of sole signatories for Account 2 and 5 expanded. Between December 31, 2013, and October 15, 2019, these Montrage accounts recorded deposits amounting to $2,165,000, with subsequent withdrawals totaling around $2,096,000.
The majority of these deposits consisted of cash and international wire transfers sent to Ghana.
Additionally, it was uncovered that Hajia4Reall was allegedly involved in a romance scam in which she reportedly defrauded a 70-year-old woman. Posing as a man, she engaged in an online relationship with the victim, requesting financial support for the transportation of gold from overseas to the United States. The victim was instructed to send a check to a bank account registered under the name “4Reall Designs” and was advised to indicate that the funds were intended for investment.
Complying with the request, the victim transferred $195,000 from a bank account in SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, through ‘Montrage Account 3.’ Regrettably, the victim never received any reimbursement or returns on her presumed investment.
Employing a similar approach, another victim sent $182,000 to ‘Montrage Account 1.’ Subsequently, a sixty-year-old man entered into an online relationship with Mona, even receiving a fabricated marriage certificate as evidence of their purported marriage in Ghana.
Mona then solicited substantial sums of money from the victim to support her father’s farm in Ghana.
The victim sent a total of 82 wire transfers, amounting to $89,000, from Converse, Texas to Accra, Ghana, using MoneyGram, with the funds addressed to Mona along with the victim’s last name.
