The United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles has debunked the rumour that alleged international internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek has confirmed that Hushpuppi will be sentenced on Monday, November 7, 2022.
This is contrary to viral reports that Hushpuppi had been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
With the November 7 date, the court has postponed Hushpuppi’s sentencing date for at least five times in 2022 alone since his conviction for alleged $1.1m Qatari fraud.
Hushpuppi was initially scheduled for sentencing on February 14 but it was moved to July 11 and to September 21 before it was postponed to November 3 and now to November 7.
Hushpuppi, 39, had entered a plea bargain and pleaded guilty to charges including money laundering, and wire fraud, amongst others brought against him by the court.
He risks “20 years’ imprisonment; a 3-year period of supervised release; a fine of $500,000 or twice the gross gain or gross loss results from the offence,” according to court documents.
He was arrested in Dubai in June 2020 alongside 12 others and extradited to the US for prosecution.
