A U.S. court has sentenced popular Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Abbas Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, to 11 years imprisonment over fraud and money laundering.
He was sentenced by Judge Otis Wright of the United States Central District Court in California on Friday, November 4, 2022.
Recall that in June 2020, the celebrity was nabbed in Dubai, for fraud and subsequently extradited to the United States, where he was charged with fraud and money laundering.
Hushpuppi also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in money laundering with multiple people within and outside the U.S.
African Examiner
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