Convicted internet fraudster and Instagram celebrity, Ramon “Hushpuppi” Abbas, has filed a notice to appeal the 11-year sentence slammed on him for internet fraud and money laundering.
This is contained in court documents that were filed at the United States District Court, Central District Of California.
According to reports, the appeal was filed by Washington-based attorney, John Iweanoge and covers only the sentence given by District Judge Otis D. Wright II.
Hushpuppi was sentenced to 11 years in prison and was ordered by the court to pay $1,732,841 in restitution to two fraud victims. In April 2021, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to engage in money laundering.
He was nabbed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in June 2020 and has been in federal custody since his extradition from the UAE.
United States Attorney Martin Estrada said: “Abbas bragged on social media about his lavish lifestyle – a lifestyle funded by his involvement in transnational fraud and money laundering conspiracies targeting victims around the world.”
Hushpuppi conspired with 37-year-old Ghaleb Alaumary of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, a convicted money launderer, to launder funds gotten from crimes like bank cyber-heists, business email compromise (BEC) schemes and other online frauds. Also, they laundered funds stolen from a bank in Malta by providing account information for banks in Romania and Bulgaria.
He fraudulently induced a New York-based law firm to transfer approximately $922,857 to an account controlled by a co-conspirator under the name of another person.
Alaumary was charged differently and in November 2020, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to perpetrate money laundering. He is currently serving a 140-month prison sentence and was ordered by the court to pay over $30 million in restitution.
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