US District Court Judge J. Paul Oetken has granted a request by lawyers of Ghanaian socialite and singer Mona4Reall, born Mona Faiz Montrage, for their client’s passport to be released by the US government to facilitate Mona’s self-deportation from the US to Ghana.

“We represent Ms. Mona Montrage on the above-captioned matter. We write with the consent of the government to respectfully request the release of Ms. Montrage’s passport which was surrendered to Pretrial Services at the time of her arrest,” portions of The Fast Law Firm’s request read.

“We are respectfully seeking the return of Ms. Montrage’s passport to initiate her self-deportation proceedings to Ghana. We have conferred with AUSA Kevin Mead and the government does not object to this request.”

The request was in tandem with an earlier judgement requiring the passport to be returned to Mona upon completion of her sentence.

Popularly known as Mona4Reall, the mother of one is currently serving a year and a day sentence at Federal Detention Center (FDC) Philadelphia, with a six-count indictment charging her for her role in a series of romance scams and money laundering. She was sentenced on 28 June 2024.

Upon completion of her sentence, Mona will be escorted by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facility to the airport to fly out to Ghana without any domestic stops.