Hushpuppi to be sentenced in October-US Court

The United States attorney’s office at the central district of California says Ramon Abbas, the self-confessed international fraudster better known as Hushpuppi, will be sentenced in October.

Thom Mrozek, the court’s director of media relations, also noted that a directive was issued to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for the arrest of Abba Kyari, a top detective.

“A U.S. Magistrate Judge has issued arrest warrants for the defendants in the case, including Mr Kyari,” he was quoted to have said.

“This is standard operating procedure in nearly all of the criminal cases filed by this office. Hushpuppi is currently scheduled to be sentenced in late October.”

TheNewsGuru recalls that Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai last year for cyber scam, after he claimed to have bribed the deputy commissioner of police (DCP) to arrest Chibuzo, his co-fraudster and rival.

Although Kyari dismissed the claims, an investigation by the FBI claimed the detective collaborated with Hushpuppi to facilitate the arrest of Chibuzo.

TheNewsGuru reports that Hushpuppi was arrested in the UAE in June 2020 alongside 11 of his associates over claims bordering on hacking, impersonation, scamming, banking fraud, and identity theft.

His extradition to the US had followed after the UAE police detailed his arrest in a special operation dubbed ‘Fox Hunt 2’ where he was accused of defrauding 1.9 million victims to the tune of N168 billion.