By John Ikani
Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi will be sentenced in October 2021.
This was made known to newsmen by the United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California.
The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek also confirmed that it ordered the FBI to arrest Nigeria’s Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari, for his alleged role in a $1m scam allegedly perpetrated by Hushpuppi and five others.
“A U.S. Magistrate Judge has issued arrest warrants for the defendants in the case, including Mr Kyari. 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,” Mrozek stated.
The court official, however, did not disclose whether Kyari must be in court with Hushpuppi by late October.
Hushpuppi has recently pleaded guilty to various offences bordering on internet scam and money laundering, among others in court documents seen by newsmen.
The document was signed by Hushpuppi; his lawyer, Loius Shapiro; and Acting United States Attorney, Tracy Wilkison, among others.
