MONEY LAUNDERING: HUSHPUPPI RISKS 20-YEAR JAIL TERM AS HE PLEADS GUILTY, INDICTS TOP POLICE CHIEF ABBA KYARI IN $1M FRAUD
Embattled Instagram influencer, Ramon Abass aka Hushpuppi, has pleaded guilty to charges filed against him by the United States Government for money laundering.
Abass, 38, was renowned for flaunting his luxurious lifestyle on social media. He was arrested in Dubai by the Emerati police officers and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) operatives in June 2020 and was subsequently extradited to the United States.
He was also accused of internet fraud and now risks a 20-year jail term when declared guilty. His guilty plea bargain was filed at a U.S. Central District Court of California.
It was signed by Hushpuppi, his lawyer, Louis Shapiro, and the Assistant United States Attorney, Anil Antony, on July 4.
Meanwhile, the ongoing investigation into the cybercrime allegations leveled by Hushpuppi revealed that he used one of Nigeria’s Top Police Chiefs, Abba Kyari, to arrest and jail one of his accomplices identified as Kelly Chibuzo Vincent.
Kyari’s connection to the embattled ‘celebrity’ is linked to the indictment of six people in an international scheme to defraud Qatari School founder and then launder over $1 million in illicit proceeds.
According to the US Department of Justice, court documents showed that Hushpuppi allegedly contacted Abba Kyari to have Vincent arrested and jailed in Nigeria.
It was gathered that there was a dispute amongst members of the fraud cartel which made one of the gang members, Vincent, betray the others, a move that prompted Hushpuppi to reach Abba Kyari to arrange Vincent’s arrest and jail.
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