BREAKING: US Court Sentences Hushpuppi To 11 Years Jail Term
Ramon Abbas, a well-known Nigerian socialite and internet celebrity also known as Hushpuppi, was found guilty of fraud and money laundering and was given an 11-year prison sentence by the United States Central District Court in California.
However, because he has already served two years in US detention, he will only serve nine years in prison.
Hushpuppi was detained in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in June 2020 as a result of an elaborate fraud scheme that defrauded individuals in the United States, Qatar, the United Kingdom, and other countries of their money.
He was then extracted to the United States where he was charged with fraud and money laundering. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in money laundering with multiple people within and outside the US to ladder the proceedings.
The socialite however bagged only 11 years in prison after he appealed to US Judge Otis Wright to temper justice with mercy and a lighter jail term after scoring high in cleaning activities while in prison.
Note that Hushpuppi’s Instagram page, which has 2.8 million followers, has vanished from the image-sharing platform. It is however unclear whether it was officially removed from Instagram or if the page was temporarily disabled by someone with access to it.
