Ramon Abass Olorunwa, aka Hushpuppi, engaged in a video call from a US prison hours after his sentencing.
Nigerian influencer named Ramon famed as was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for money laundering and internet fraud, the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced in a statement on Monday.
Hushpuppi, 40, was also ordered to pay $1.7 million in restitution to two fraud victims.
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He was taken into federal custody in June 2020 after he was arrested in Dubai and expelled from the United Arab Emirates.
In one scheme in January 2019, Abbas worked with a co-conspirator to launder $14.7 million that North Korean hackers stole from a bank in Malta, per the statement.
In another scheme, Abbas conspired with others to defraud a businessman in Qatar who tried to loan $15 million to build a school, per the statement.
After duping the victim into transferring $330,000 over to facilitate the loan, Abbas used the money to fund his lavish lifestyle — including purchasing a $230,000 Richard Mille watch that “made numerous appearances on Abbas’ wrist on his now-defunct Instagram account,” per the statement.
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Hushpuppi in good spirits as he chats with friend from prison hours after he was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment.
A friend spoke to him after the sentencing and Hushpuppi joked about his appearance during the video call.
He is seen telling the friend that he made sure to groom himself properly and applied lip balm so that his pink lips would be presentable. He laughed as he said he didn’t want his appearance to anger the judge.
Watch the video below…
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