HUSHPUPPI SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FRAUD

Popular Nigerian internet fraudster Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi, who flaunted a lavish lifestyle of private jets and luxury cars, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison over charges related to a multimillion-dollar scam that targeted companies in the United States and overseas.

He pleaded guilty in April last year to conspiracy to engage in money laundering. In addition to the prison sentence, United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II ordered him to pay $1.7 million in restitution to two fraud victims.