The United States District Court, sitting in the Central District of California has sentenced Nigerian Instagram freeze, Ramon Abass better known as Hushpuppi to 11 years and 3 months imprisonment, for money laundering and conspiracy through online scams.
Justice Otis Wright II, who delivered the judgment on Monday, found Ramon Abass (Hushpuppi) guilty of several allegations, which include; business email compromise, laundering proceeds of a school financing scam, and fraudulent cyber schemes, amongst others.
Hushpuppi was arrested at his Dubai, United Arab Emirates hotel apartment in June 2020 for defrauding over $1.9 million from people, majority of them Americans, and was subsequently extradited to the United States on July 3 to face trail.
The 37 years old Billionaire who was always showing off his wealth and affluence on the social media Instagram account, pleaded guilty to the charges filed against him.
