US Court Sentences Hushpuppi To 11 Years Imprisonment

By Akinwale Kasali

International internet fraudster and Social Media Celebrity, Ramon Abass popular as Hushpuppi has, finally  been sentenced to Prison by the United States of America District Court Sitting of California. He is  to serve 11 years and three months  for money laundering and fraud through numerous Online Scams.

Justice Otis Wright II, delivering judgment on Monday, said that the Nigerian was found guilty of the allegations including laundering proceeds of a school financing scam, business email compromise and other fraudulent cyber schemes levied against him.

It would be recalled that the 37-year old Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in June 2020 and  extradited to the United States on July 3.

The cyber fraud kingpin was said to have defrauded over 1.9 million people, majority of them, Americans.

Though he pleaded not guilty throughout his trials, but the verdict and judgement of Justice Wright II brings an end to Hushpuppi’s trial since his arrest in June 2020 at his Dubai hotel apartment.