Updated: Hushpuppi Allegedly Released From Prison
Suspected Nigerian fraudster, Ramon Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi has reportedly been released, according to information on the official website of Federal Bureau Of Prisons website.
Ramon Olorunwa Abass and members of his gang were arrested while sleeping at their Dubai residences. Abbas was arrested earlier in June along with Olalekan Jacob Ponle, also known as Woodberry and 10 others.
The 12 suspects were arrested in six simultaneous raids carried out by the e-police unit of the Dubai Police.
The gang was responsible for Dh1.6 billion (about N169 billion) fraud involving over 1.9 million victims. Items worth N15.845 billion (Dh 150 million) were also seized.
13 luxury cars worth N2. 640 billion (Dh 25 million), 21 laptops, 47 smartphones, 15 memory storage devices, 5 external hard drives and 800, 000 emails of potential victims were also recovered from the gang.
Hushpuppi was earlier transferred to the Central District of California on Tuesday for prosecution and remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal in accordance to 18 U.S.C. § 3142(f).
However, confirmation has it that he is still under arrest and he’s being transported to another state for trial.His legal representative Gal Pissetzky has denied rumours that his client has been released from prison.
Mr Pissetzky told The Punch on Wednesday that the suspected internet fraudster born Ramon Abbas was on his way to California, United States for trial.
“He has not been released and I am still his lawyer. He is on his way to California. Not everything you see on court documents is accurate.
“Just because the jail record says ‘released’ does not mean he has been released. He is being transferred to California,” the Chicago-based lawyer said in a phone conversation.
A Chicago court had earlier denied the Nigerian bail for alleged internet fraud running into millions of dollars.
The court also ordered that he will be tried in California.
Mr Pissetzky told The Punch on Wednesday that the suspected internet fraudster born Ramon Abbas was on his way to California, United States for trial.
“He has not been released and I am still his lawyer. He is on his way to California. Not everything you see on court documents is accurate.
“Just because the jail record says ‘released’ does not mean he has been released. He is being transferred to California,” the Chicago-based lawyer said in a phone conversation.
A Chicago court had earlier denied the Nigerian bail for alleged internet fraud running into millions of dollars.
The court also ordered that he will be tried in California.
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