Ghana Influencer Montrage For Romance Scams Is Extradited to US and Offered $500,000 Bail - courtroom chronicle here, more below the fold

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by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 15 – 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.

Montrage's lawyer: The aunt and co-signers are here.

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Judge Crotty: How do you plead?

Montrage: Not guilty.

Next hearing set

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