Entertainment pundit Kwame Obeng Asare, widely known as A Plus, has expressed satisfaction with the penalty imposed on Mona Faiz Montrage, also known as Hajia4Reall, for her involvement in fraudulent activities.
He believes that the one-year-and-one-day sentence given to the socialite will serve as a valuable lesson and deter her from engaging in wrongful acts after her release.
Speaking on UTV’s United Showbiz on June 29, 2024, A Plus emphasized that the punishment should act as a warning to others involved in romance scams aimed at illicitly amassing wealth. He advised those engaged in such practices to abandon them to avoid facing similar consequences.
“They say we shouldn’t take pleasure in another’s misfortune. I’m not actually overjoyed about the prison term,” he told show host MzGee. “We’ve all committed acts for which we could have been imprisoned if caught. I’m happy with the punishment because it’s intended to awaken people to reality rather than cater to their desires.”
A Plus expressed confidence that Hajia4Reall has learned her lesson and hoped that others involved in similar activities would take heed. He stressed that labeling her as a bad person is irrelevant and that anyone caught in such scams would inevitably face imprisonment.
Hajia4Reall was sentenced to one year and one day in a U.S. prison for her role in a romance scam that generated over $2 million. She was apprehended in the UK in November 2022 and extradited to the U.S. in May 2023. Although she faced a possible five-year term after her guilty plea in February 2024, the judge showed leniency, partly accounting for “good time” in her sentencing.