SINGAPORE: A 84-year-old lady who was featured in a Netflix film for allegedly deceiving her own child and leaving him in debt is likely to face additional charges in Singapore.
Dionne Marie Hanna, who is referred to as the lady in Con Mum on Netflix, was charged earlier this month with five counts of scams by false picture.
According to the prosecution, the total losses believed to be related to her case are currently about S$ 500, 000 ( US$ 380, 000 ). This is more than twice the S$ 200, 000 that the officers had formerly stated.
The British woman, who did not have a lawyer and was being held in contempt of court, made an appearance on Thursday ( Apr 17 ) via video-link. The judge sometimes requested that she repeat herself because she was seated in a chair and spoke slowly.
The prosecution  informed the court that investigation soldiers needed more time to create the additional costs than Hanna needed to be in custody for studies.
Hanna was offered loan at S$ 50, 000. When questioned if she had a bailiff, she responded,” I don’t have anyone to loan me out.”
She therefore continues to be in custody. Her next court appearance on May 16 will be for a pre-trial event that the prosecutors requested in order for the event to be” carefully controlled.”
Hanna has no stated whether she is seeking a test or pleading guilty.
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Hanna was detained in Singapore shortly after the 90-minute film Con Mum, which tells the story of her rekindling her relationship with her natural son, a restaurateur, in his adult life, before defrauding him and making him pay off his debt.
Different subjects she reportedly conned, and they all reportedly realized their identities after seeing Hanna in the documentary’s cover, according to the government.
She reportedly defrauded her subjects by promising them investment options and inheritance rights.
Two of her five accusations allege that Hanna defrauded a Frenchman by the name Paiman Supangat.  ,
She is said to have told him between March 3 and March 5 that she would need to pay legitimate fees to open a bank account and that she would give her more money to him.
Additionally, she is accused of deceiving Mr. Paiman into believing that she intended to pay him back the money she had borrowed to pay her own buying costs. According to the command, she had no desire to return the funds.  ,
Hanna made claims in Singapore that she was a member of the Brunei aristocratic home, that she had cancer and was trying to give her money to Mr. Paiman and his son sometime between February 17 and March 10.
Her claimed health condition, according to allegations, was used to steal another Singaporean victim, Mr. Mohamed Syafiq Paiman. She reportedly told him she wanted to give his fortune on March 10 this time.  ,
From February 13 to February 14, Hanna is accused of deceiving a fourth victim, Mr. Mohamed Ariffin Mohamed Kawaja Kamaludin, at the Grand Hyatt resort in Singapore’s 10 Scotts Road.
She reportedly defrauded the man by telling him she had cancer and that she had already expressed her desire to donate$ 3 million to the Joo Chiat mosque’s Masjid Khalid, and$ 2 million to Mawar Community Services, a documented society that assists ex-offenders.
The value of the losses suffered by the alleged patients was never disclosed in court records.
An criminal may be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, a fine, or both if found guilty of fraud by fake picture.