Office of the Attorney the United States, Central District of California has disclosed that Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi will be convicted on February 14, 2022.
The disclosure was made by the court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, who said Hushpuppi had been scheduled for sentencing on Valentine’s Day, BBC Pidgin reports.
Recall that Abbas was arrested by Dubai Police in the United Arab Emirates in June 2020 and later extradited to the US for prosecution by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over criminal activities bordering on internet scams.
Hushpuppi had in a plea agreement document signed by him, his lawyer, Loius Shapiro; the Acting United States Attorney Tracy Wilkison, amongst others, pleaded guilty to offences bordering on internet scam money laundering, among others.
It stated that Hushpuppi risks “20 years’ imprisonment; a 3-year period of supervised release; a fine of $500,000 or twice the gross gain or gross loss resulting from the offence”.
The court had also ordered the FBI to arrest the suspended Head of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, for his alleged role in a $1m scam allegedly perpetrated by Hushpuppi and five others.
Andrew Innocenti, an FBI Special Agent, had alleged that Hushpuppi contracted the services of Kyari after a “co-conspirator,” Chibuzo Vincent, allegedly threatened to expose the alleged $1.1m fraud committed against a Qatari businessman.
Innocenti, who said he obtained voice calls and WhatsApp conversations between Kyari and Hushpuppi, had also alleged that the latter paid the police officer N8m or $20,600 for the arrest and detention of Vincent.
Kyari had taken to Facebook on July 29, 2021, to deny the allegations, which he deleted after editing them multiple times.
