Mona Faiz Montrage, better known as Hajia4Real, has admitted her involvement in laundering funds derived from a sequence of romance scams.
Today, she entered a guilty plea for the charge of conspiracy to receive stolen money in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave.
The 31-year-old socialite from Ghana confessed to a single count of conspiring to receive stolen money, an offence that could lead to a maximum prison sentence of five years.
In addition, Montrage has consented to forfeit and provide restitution of the same amount, totaling $2,164,758.41.
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