International Internet fraudster, Ramos Abbas, aka Hushpuppi’s sentencing date remains unchanged, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Los Angeles has said.
According to Channels TV, the court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek disclosed this on Friday, stating he will be sentenced on September 21, 2022.
Following his conviction over alleged $1.1m fraud, the court has moved his postponed Hushpuppi’s sentence date thrice.
He was initially scheduled for sentencing on February 14 but it was moved to July 11 before it was postponed again for September 21 this year.
Asked exactly when 39-year-old Hushpuppi would be sentenced by the court, Mrozek said the suspect had long pleaded guilty last year and would be sentenced later this year.
“Mr Abbas is currently scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge in Los Angeles on September 21,” he said.
Hushpuppi had entered a plea bargain and pleaded guilty to charges including money laundering, and wire fraud, amongst others brought against him by the court. According to court documents, 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 resulting from the offence”.
He was arrested in Dubai in June 2020 alongside 12 others and extradited to the US for prosecution.
