Some Ghanaian Artistes Travel With Cocaine- Shatta Wale Makes Huge Allegation
Shatta Wale has unleashed his trademark savagery online over claims that he should also be arrested by the FBI after his bestie Hajia4Reall was busted recently over a romance scam in the US.
While responding to the trending issue for the first time, the Dancehall artiste has urged authorities to look into drug smuggling activities involving Ghanaian artists and the Kotoka International Airport.
The ‘Shatta Movement’ honcho angrily rejected any involvement in fraudulent activities during a Facebook Live video and voiced his annoyance at being associated with such charges. He questioned why he would engage in such criminal activities and said that because of his fame, powerful people in Ghana were anxiously anticipating his arrest.
“As they have arrested Hajia 4Reall, some stup*d people in this country have been inciting the FBI to arrest Shatta Wale. Your mother, your father, your mother again, your father again,” he said
Additionally, Shatta Wale said that the Kotoka International Airport was aware of and keeping an eye on the drug smuggling activities of various Ghanaian musicians and entertainers. He claimed that the airport officials were aware of the unlawful activities of several Ghanaian artists who were smuggling drugs out of the nation.
“Once upon a time, I was told there are Ghanaian artists who smuggle cocaine outside the country and the airport monitors them. The airport knows, go and ask them how many artists travel with cocaine that they’re aware of,” he revealed.
Mona 4Reall Extradited To The US In A $2M Romance Scam
Ghanaian socialite and musician Mona Faiz Montrage, also known as Hajia 4Reall, was extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States for allegedly defrauding older, unmarried American women and men of more than $2 million in a romance scam.
Montrage, 30, is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of wire fraud, one count of money laundering conspiracy, and one count of money laundering, each of which carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
She is also charged with one count of receipt of stolen money, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, and one count of conspiracy to receive stolen money, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Montrage appeared in Manhattan federal court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to the charges, and according to her counsel, she will be released in the coming days on a $500,000 bail with GPS monitoring via an ankle monitor.
The procecutors said she’s been participating in a series of romance scams from at least 2013 through 2019, that targeted older people who lived alone, along with a group of con artists from West Africa who assumed false identities to deceive individuals into believing they were in relationships with them via email, text, and phone conversations.
In a statement published on the US Attorney’s Office official website, “the scammers would then get the victims to transfer money to them under false pretences — such as to help move gold to the US from overseas, to resolve bogus FBI investigations, and payments to help fake US Army officers in Afghanistan, court papers allege.
“Montrage, in one case, allegedly duped a victim into sending her $89,000 through 82 wire transfers on the pretext of helping her father’s farm in Ghana, the court documents claim.“
She tricked the person into believing the pair were married by sending them a tribal marriage certificate after a series of phone conversations using her real identity, the filing alleges.”
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams went on to say: As alleged, Mona Faiz Montrage was a member of a criminal conspiracy that specifically targeted older Americans through romance scams,” Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement. “These scams can be both financially and emotionally devastating for vulnerable victims.”
Thanks to the efforts of our law enforcement partners, Montrage was arrested abroad and has been brought to the United States to face justice,”
Hajia 4Reall was apprehended in the United Kingdom airport while returning from participating in the Ghana Music Awards UK 2022 show on November 10, 2022, and extradited to the United States on November 15.
Montrage’s lawyer Adam Cortez told The Post: “At this time all we know is that there are six alleged victims and only two dealt with a woman and only one of them claims that he dealt with Ms. Montrage.”
