On Wednesday, February 21, 2024, Ghanaian social media personality Mona Faiz Montrage, known as Hajia4Reall, pleaded guilty to a $2 million romance scam in the United States. According to Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Montrage was involved with 'The Enterprise,' a notorious cyber-fraud ring operating in Ghana and West Africa.

'The Enterprise' has previously made headlines for its fraudulent activities, amassing $50 million through various scams.In 2021, U.S. authorities arrested several Ghanaians linked to the gang, including Farouk Appiedu, Fred Asante, Celvin Freeman, Lord Aning, Sadick Edusei Kissi, and Faisal Ali. These arrests took place across different states in the USA at different times.

The arrests of Freeman and Ali occurred in New Jersey on February 17, 2021, and they were subsequently presented in a Manhattan federal court. Asante and Aning were apprehended the same day in Virginia and appeared before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria. Appiedu was detained on October 18, 2020, in Queens, New York, while Kissi was previously arrested in Fargo, North Dakota, on February 5, 2020.

From 2013 to 2020, 'The Enterprise' engaged in various fraudulent schemes, including business e-mail compromises, romance scams, and COVID-19 related frauds. Four suspects Appiedu, Asante, Freeman, and Aning controlled over 45 bank accounts, handling deposits totaling approximately $55 million.

The New York offices of the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigations spearheaded the operation, with the Office's Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit prosecuting the case.