![]() He is purported to have conspired to launder millions of dollars through business email compromise (BEC) frauds and other scams, the US Department of Justice said. Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, according to reports claims to run a real estate business. “Any suggestion that citizenship was obtained through means other than marriage– such as the country’s Citizenship by Investment program, which includes rigorous background checks – is therefore utterly false and willfully misleading.” The statement noted that reports stating he was a Citizenship by Investment were false. Abbas in Nigeria in October 2018, thereby conferring him with the right to St. Chapman, a resident of North Carolina, USA, married Mr. Kitts and Nevis by birth and the United States of America. Kitts and Nevis passport in February 2020 by virtue of his marriage to Shawana Nakesia Chapman, 32, a citizen of St. Kitts and Nevis said it has become aware of reports and rumors concerning the Federation’s citizenship of Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, allegedly a person of interest to the United States FBI. In a statement Monday the government of St. He appeared in a federal court in Chicago on Friday accused of conspiring to launder hundreds of millions of dollars through cybercrime schemes. Ramon Olorunwa Abbas faces money laundering conspiracy charges in the United States, according to the Department of Justice. Kitts and Nevis have assured that Ramon Olorunwa Abbas alias ‘Ray Hushpuppi’ is not a citizen of the Federation through Citizenship By Investment but admitted he was a citizen through Marriage. Mr Wright would convene sentencing hearing in the matter on September 21 at 1:30 p.m., court filing said.The Government of St. The $2.2 million in restitution and fines would add to the millions of dollars already confiscated from bank accounts and Bitcoin wallets linked to the fraudster following his arrest. Wright declined his pleas for failing to comply with extant court rules. Hushpuppi had previously tried to seek a release on humanitarian grounds, but Judge Otis D. Mr Abbas’ sentencing, the government argued, was reduced because he cooperated with detectives on our criminal cases under investigation and prosecution in American courts. His greed and ego have driven the many offenses he is known to have engaged in, and he has made a living and cultivated a following by using his ill gotten gains to create an extravagant lifestyle.” “Instead, he chose to pursue a global celebrity lifestyle by swindling innocent victims and laundering money for criminals of all stripes. Indeed, given his stable family and education, defendant was well situated to be a law-abiding member of society,’’ officials said. “Defendant’s history and personal characteristics are not mitigating. The government said Mr Abbas’ criminal path was premeditated, even though he had a clear chance to choose a rewarding career as a law-abiding citizen. “While much of this intended loss did not ultimately materialize, defendant’s willingness and ability to participate in large-scale money laundering highlights the seriousness of his criminal conduct.” “By his own admission, during just an 18-month period defendant conspired to launder over $300 million,” the prosecutors said. The government said one of his co-conspirators Ghaleb Alaumary was sentenced to 140 years in jail for violating the same set of criminal codes. The prosecutors argued that their sentencing recommendations were appropriate considering the gravity of Hushpuppi’s crimes. He pleaded guilty in April 2021 after prosecutors discovered his involvement in a separate conspiracy to defraud a Qatari businessperson, who lost $810,000 in the process of trying to obtain an elusive loan to set up an international school. ![]() The development came more than two years after the infamous Internet fraud ringleader was arrested in Dubai in June 2020 for driving multiple schemes that targeted victims in Europe and the United States. “The government recommends that defendant be sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, and that defendant be ordered to pay restitution of $1,732,841.34, a fine of $500,0000, and a mandatory special assessment of $100,” the September 7 filing seen by Peoples Gazette said. Central District of California (Los Angeles) argued that Hushpuppi should also be asked to pay $1.7 million in restitution $500,000 in fines and $100 in administrative fees, per recommendations submitted ahead of his sentencing on September 21. American attorneys led by Khaldoun Shobaki in the U.S. ![]()
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