Hushpuppi

The US Attorney's Office at the Central District of California on Thursday described as false, reports (not by The PUNCH), that alleged international ...

They were later extradited to the US for prosecution by the FBI. Innocenti had alleged that Hushpuppi contracted the services of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, after a “co-conspirator,” Chibuzo Vincent, allegedly threatened to expose the alleged $1.1m fraud committed against a Qatari businessman. The court official also said the FBI Special Agent, Andrew Innocenti, who was said to have filed the fresh charges against Hushpuppi said he didn’t author such a document.

Viral social media posts claim a suspected Nigerian fraudster committed fraud of over US$400000 while in a United States prison.

Visitors have to register to enter the website. The document they show is an edit of a June 2020 Affidavit," Warner tweeted on 17 March 2022. It claims that while in prison, he bought 58 EIP cards and laundered the proceeds. This prepaid debit card is given to eligible US citizens. A link in the affidavit leads to a website offering a range of EIP cards, with balances from $1,400 to $8,400. Abbas is facing charges of internet scamming and money laundering at the US District Court for the Central District of California. He has pleaded guilty to the charges and is due for sentencing in July 2022.

Ramon Olorunwa Abbas aka Hushpuppi reported $400,000 fraud inside US prison no be true. US Department of Justice dismiss di report on Thursday wen dem react ...

Di Nigerian Instagram celebrity dey US to face charges on top accuse say im conspire to launder Hundreds of Millions of Dollars from business email. Experts don bin tell BBC Pidgin say if court find Hushpuppi guilty of di accuse, e fit face maximum prison sentence of nothing less than 20 years for federal prison. For pretrial, Ramon Abass aka Hushpuppi don bin plead not guilty to di four counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Tori bin dey circulate for local media say di Instagram celebrity bin receive fresh charges. "We don check wit di FBI agent wey supposedly author di document, and im confam say na fake." Director of Media Relations, United States Attorney's Office, Central District of California Mrozek Thom tell BBC Pidgin say di tori no dey true.

Nigerian media platforms published reports of a fresh court filing purportedly detailing fresh allegations against Hushpuppi.

It claimed Mr Abbas spent an average of 55 minutes on the Internet during each session. Good journalism costs a lot of money. The American official provided the clarification in his response to an enquiry sent to him by PREMIUM TIMES early Thursday. After extensive review of the document, this newspaper doubted its authenticity. In addition to admitting defendant’s involvement in the schemes intending to defraud the victims listed above, Mr Abass was also said to have admitted involvement in a scheme to defraud a victim company in Qatar that was building an international school (the Qatari Victim Company) and the owner of that company. He was also said to have, in December 2019, begun conspiring with a co-conspirator to defraud the owner of the Qatari company “who was seeking a lender to invest $15,000,000 in a project to build an international school”. Hushpuppi had in July last year signed a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California for conspiracy to commit money laundering. The office of the lawyer to Mr Abass denied knowledge of the filing of the document when contacted by PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday. The document was also not found in the court’s docket accessed through online channels by this newspaper. Responding to an e-mail enquiry by this newspaper, Mr Mrozek, the spokesperson for the U.S. attorney-general’s office in Los Angeles, described the document in circulation as fake. Our observation about the lack of clarity and the incompleteness of the document led PREMIUM TIMES to reach out to relevant contacts for confirmation. “Recorded international activities (reviewed pursuant to federal search warrant issued in this district) of Abbas in the US Federal correctional facility, Central District of California, reflect that Abbas purchased Economic Impact Payment (EIP) debit cards and laundered the proceeds totalling over $400,000,” the document added. It purportedly accused the former Instagram celebrity of committing fresh credit card fraud from detention, abusing the opportunity given to all prison inmates in the U.S. for “access to phone calls, the Internet and computers with limited and regulated usage.”