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A United States District Court for the Central District of California, on Monday, November 7, 2022, ordered Nigeria’s RAMON ‘HUSHPUPPI’ ABASS OLORUNWA to pay back $1,732,841 in restitution to two of his fraud victims as he is handed 11 years in prison.
Hushpuppi’s sentencing on Monday brings an end to 28 months of trial since his arrest in June 2020 at his Dubai hotel apartment.
According to court documents, the verdict was issued by Justice Otis Wright II, who ordered Hushpuppi to pay $922,857 in restitution to a New York-based law firm victim and $809,983 in restitution to a businessperson in Qatar.
“This significant sentence is the result of years’ worth of collaboration among law enforcement in multiple countries and should send a clear warning to international fraudsters that the FBI will seek justice for victims, regardless of whether criminals operate within or outside United States borders,” said Don Alway, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.
Remember that Hushpuppi and 12 others were arrested during OPERATION FOX HUNT 2, a coordinated raid on his Dubai hotel residence on June 10, 2020.
He was transferred to the U.S in July 2020 to face criminal charges alleging he conspired to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from business email compromise (BEC) frauds and other scams, including schemes targeting a U.S. law firm, a foreign bank and an English Premier League soccer club.
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