The United States
attorney’s office at the central district of California says Ramon Abbas, the
self-confessed international fraudster better known as Hushpuppi, will be
sentenced in October.
According to The Punch, Thom Mrozek, the court’s
director of media relations, also confirmed that a directive was issued to the
US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for the arrest of Abba Kyari, a top
detective.
“A U.S. Magistrate Judge has issued arrest warrants for the
defendants in the case, including Mr Kyari,” he was quoted to have said.
“This is standard operating procedure in nearly all of the criminal cases filed by this office. Hushpuppi is currently scheduled to be sentenced in late October.”
The spotlight recently beamed on Hushpuppi, who was arrested
in Dubai last year for cyber fraud, after he claimed to have bribed the deputy
commissioner of police (DCP) to arrest Chibuzo, his co-fraudster and rival.
Although Kyari dismissed the allegations, an investigation
by the FBI claimed the detective collaborated with Hushpuppi to facilitate the
arrest of Chibuzo.
Hushpuppi was arrested in the UAE in June 2020 alongside 11
of his associates over allegations bordering on hacking, impersonation,
scamming, banking fraud, and identity theft.
His extradition to the US 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 N168 billion.
The embattled Instagram celebrity had recently pleaded
guilty to the money laundering charges against him, putting him at the risk of
20 years imprisonment.
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