The United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles, has confirmed that alleged international Internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, will be sentenced on September 21, 2022.
The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, made this known on Friday, August 26, in response to an email inquiry by Channels Television.
Hushpuppi’s sentence date was initially scheduled for February 14 before it was postponed to July 11, and now September 21.
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Asked exactly when Hushpuppi would be sentenced the court official, Thom Mrozek said the suspect pleaded guilty last year and would be sentenced later this year.
“Mr. Abbas is currently scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge in Los Angeles on September 21,” he said.
Recall that Hushpuppi, 39, was arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirate (UAE) in June 2020 over allegations bordering on hacking, impersonation, scamming, banking fraud, identity theft and was extradited to the US for prosecution.
His extradition to the United States 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 N168billion.
He pleaded guilty to the charges in July 2021 and was ordered to remain in custody pending sentencing.
According to court documents, he 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”
Meanwhile, Mrozek was silent on the possible extradition of the suspended Head of Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, who was indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the Hushpuppi’s case.
The court had ordered the FBI to arrest Kyari over a year ago.
“I am unable to offer any comment on the state of Mr. Kyari,” the court official added.
