Hushpuppi pleads guilty to “conspiracy to engage in money laundering”

Nigerian Instagram Celebrity Ramon Abass AKA ‘Hushpuppi’ Pleads Guilty To Count Two Against US Court We Are Charged With Conspiracy To Engage In Money Laundering According To A Document BBC Pidgin Looks At And Confuses With his lawyer.

“The defendant agrees to appear and plead guilty to count two of information in the United States v. Ramon Olorunwa Abbas case, case no. 2: 20-CR-00322-ODW, we accuses the defendant of conspiracy to engage in money laundering, contrary to 18 USC § 1956 (h). ” Di tok court document.

According to the court document we released, Hushpuppi has reached an agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California (USAO).

And the disagreement is limited to the USAO and does not commit any federal, state, local, or foreign authorities in matters of prosecution, enforcement, administration, or regulation.

BBC Pidgin contacted Hushpuppi’s lawyer Loius Shapiro to confirm if my client really is not pleading guilty and his response tells him not to comment on the cases he is dealing with.

Regarding weda if say document wey dey circulate na true, oga Shapiro answer say;

“Yes, that seems to be correct. “

Some oda wey hushpuppi chords are made according to the document;

Hushpuppi faced up to 20 years in prison upon sentencing, according to the court document.

“The defendant understands that the maximum statutory penalty may be imposed by the court for violating Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 1956 (h), charged with a term of imprisonment of 20 years,”

“Three-year supervised release period; a fine of $ 500,000 or double the gross gain or the gross loss resulting from an offense, whichever is greater; and a mandatory special contribution of $ 100. “

The court document adds that the defendant needs to understand, that the defendant is required to pay full restitution to the victim (s) of the offense to which the defendant has pleaded guilty.

E also agreed to say in exchange for the USAO’s compliance with dia obligations under the agreement, the court ordered compensation to pesin other than the victim (s) of the di offenses to plead guilty and for amounts that are greater than those alleged for the count to which the accused pleads guilty.

“In particular, the defendant undertakes to say that the court ordered restitution to any victim of any of the following for any loss suffered by the victim as a result of …” adds the document.

UAE security agencies have arrested Hushpuppi who live in Dubai for June 2020, the main accuser said he plans to raise millions of dollars via the Commercial Email Compromise (BEC), yahoo-yahoo and oda mago-mago. An American law firm, a foreign bank and an English Premier League club are targeted.

For July 2020, the UAE later extradited Hushpuppi to Chicago to America in the custody of FBI special agents with the first court. During the detention hearing, the Northern District Court of Illinois, United States, said the United States Marshals Service must transport Hushpuppi to Los Angeles wia im trial go start.for pretrial, Ramon Abass don bin has pleaded not guilty to four counts of conspiracy to commit electronic fraud, money laundering conspiracy, international money laundering and oda crime.

Previously, experts told BBC Pidgin that if the court found Hushpuppi guilty of the indictment, he would face a maximum jail term of at least 20 years for federal prison.