2023 Review: Top stories that rocked the showbiz scene

From Mona4Reall’s alleged involvement in a romance scam to Afua Asantewaa’s attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest singing marathon.

The controversy started when the producer of the Song, Appiah Dankwah, popularly known as Appietus was accused of illegally using a beat from a South African song – ‘Amerido ‘by DJ Crido.

According to Appietus, “After recording the song, they told me they were going to show it to an investor.

Papi called him names and claimed he benefited hugely from the song which they paid him for.

Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced that they were unsealing a six-count Indictment that charged Hajia4Real for her role in a series of romance schemes and for laundering the proceeds of those schemes.

According to the court, from at least in or about 2013 through 2019, the Influencer was a member of a Criminal Enterprise based in Ghana that committed a series of frauds against individuals and businesses in the United States, including romance scams.

Among the false pretences used to induce victims to send money to Montrage were (i) payments to transport gold to the United States from overseas; (ii) payments to resolve a fake FBI unemployment investigation; and (iii) payments to assist a fake United States army officer in receiving funds from Afghanistan.”