BRITISH Netflix “con mum” Dionne Marie Hanna who allegedly scammed her personal son has been arrested after victims miraculously recognised her from her hit present.
The 84-year-old faces a whopping 5 counts of fraud involving three individuals who appeared to allegedly fund her extravagant, ultra-luxurious way of life.
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The Singapore resident is accused of conning individuals out of their money after claiming she would pay them again by means of her inheritance from Brunei’s royal household.
The fees towards Hanna arose after her alleged victims got here throughout hit documentary Con Mum on Netflix.
The present tells the story of how the aged lady ruined her organic son’s life, Graham Hornigold, after she contacted him in 2020 claiming to be his long-lost mum.
Regardless of DNA checks proving she is Graham’s mum, he says that after they reconnected, the 84-year-old scammed him out of lots of of hundreds of kilos.
Hanna informed Graham that she was a profitable worldwide entrepreneur earlier than conning the London-based prime pastry chef out of an eye-watering £300,000, the documentary claims.
The alleged fraudster pensioner appeared in court docket by way of video hyperlink, reportedly from a hospital mattress in Singapore’s Tan Tock Seng, native media claims.
It’s unclear as to why she is in a medical facility.
Hanna is accused of additionally duping three males in Singapore and France into transferring gargantuan sums to her accounts.
She claimed that the money was wanted for authorized charges and opening new financial institution accounts.
The fraudster allegedly appeared to persuade her alleged victims by claiming she was terminally unwell and promising to pay the again by means of her connections with Brunei royalty.
However such claims had been questioned by long-lost son Graham, who mentioned he confronted an analogous rip-off.
In alternate for the alleged victims’ money, the 84-year-old promised make charitable donations, comparable to giving tens of millions of {dollars} to a mosque and a Muslim non-profit organisation in Singapore, the court docket heard.
After the bombshell Netflix documentary aired final month, cops in Singapore revealed they obtained varied complaints from alleged victims.
It at the moment stays unclear simply how a lot they misplaced.
However authorities mentioned a preliminary investigation confirmed that Hanna was the truth is alleged to be concerned in not less than a whopping 5 circumstances of fraud.
These losses quantity to greater than an eye-watering £115,000.
Cops mentioned: “As a part of the association to obtain monies for the funding and inheritance, the victims had been requested to switch cash for authorized charges and opening of abroad financial institution accounts.
“The victims believed her funding and launch of inheritance to be real and made a number of transfers to her.”
If convicted, Hanna faces as much as 20 years in jail and would even be hit with a high quality.
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The hit Netflix present informed the story of Graham, 50, who was born on a British Military base in Germany and raised by his violently abusive dad in St Albans who informed him his mum had left.
He revealed that once they first reunited as son and mum, Hanna flaunted her obvious wealth by revealing she is the illigitimate daughter of the sultan of Brunei.
She even initially showered Graham and his then-partner Heather Kaniuk in ultra-luxurious presents starting from vehicles to houses.
However Hanna mentioned that her well being was declining and informed her quickly she wished him to have her cash – however there was a catch.
She mentioned the 2 of them needed to journey to Switzerland to arrange a checking account in Graham’s title.
Graham’s accomplice on the time, Heather, mentioned within the documentary: “I began changing into very afraid of who this lady was.
“I realised I used to be on a prepare heading for a wreck and I wanted to save lots of Graham.”
Graham was conned out of an eye-watering £300,000 by his personal mum.
Hanna is subsequent as a consequence of seem in court docket on Friday, April 11.
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