The British woman at the center of a Netflix documentary on the way she would have fueled her son and left her in debt to finance her lifestyle in terms of champagne was accused of fraud in Singapore.
Alleged victims of Dionne Marie Hanna, 84, submitted police reports after watching the film, Local Report Media Report.
They accuse Singapore’s resident of having taken their money with the promise they would be reimbursed by his inheritance from the royal family of Brunei.
The stratagem is similar to that which she would have used against the pastry chef of London Graham Hornigold, after having contacted him in 2020, claiming to be her mother lost for a long time.
Ms. Hanna, who was charged with five fraud chiefs, appeared before a district court on Saturday via a video link. She was seen lying on a hospital bed, accompanied by an investigator, reported the chain of Singapore Newsasia.
She is accused of deceiving three men in Singapore and France in the transfer of money to her accounts, saying that the funds were necessary as legal expenses and for the opening of new bank accounts.
Ms. Hanna asked for their sympathy by saying that she was in terminal phase and garnished to reimburse them by the inheritance, saying that she was part of the royal family of Brunei. His son questions these claims in the documentary.
In exchange for their money, she also made promises to give millions of dollars to a mosque and a non -profit Muslim organization in Singapore, the court said.
It is not known how much money his alleged victims lost, but the Singapore police said that preliminary investigations show that it is involved in at least five cases of cheating with losses amounting to more than $ 200,000 ($ 149,000; £ 115,400).
If he is convicted, Ms. Hanna incurs up to 20 years in prison and a fine.
Con Mum, which was published on Netflix on March 25, follows Mr. Hortigold’s meeting with Mrs. Hanna in the United Kingdom during the pandemic.
She presented herself as a rich and illegitimate girl from the Brunei sultan, who initially shower Mr. Horigold, her partner then Heather Kaniuk and her friends with sumptuous gifts, cars to houses.
Although initially skeptical, Mr. Hortigold, who worked in Michelin star restaurants and founded Longboys Donuts, quickly developed a close relationship with his mother.
Over time, however, Ms. Hanna began to leave Mr. Hortigold and his friends to get her growing bills – Mr. Horigold said in the film that he had lost £ 300,000 – while she had disappeared.
The film suggests that Ms. Hanna had already been sentenced to the United Kingdom for display and fraud.
