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Suspected cyber criminal, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, has engaged the service of a new lawyer to represent him in California.
This is coming week after the Instagram socialite reportedly rejected his previous legal representative, Gal Pissetzky and settled for a government lawyer.
The Nation however reports Pissetzky is only licensed to practice in Chicago where the suspected cyber criminal’s case was being tried before it was transferred to California.
The top Chicago lawyer will now be supported by Vicki Podberesky of Andrues/Podberesky law firm based in Los Angeles.
The law firm specializes in representing individuals in both state and federal criminal matters, as well as companies and individuals in administrative and in-house investigations.
Pissetzky had applied to appear Pro hac vice on behalf of the alleged fraudster in California on July 22, with an attestation letter from the Attorney Registration and the Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court in Illinois.
Premium Times reports, Mrs. Podberesky was hired as the local counsel to work with Mr. Pitsetssky after Justice Pedro V Castillo of the U.S court in California granted the Chicago lawyer’s Pro hac vice request.
Pissetzky who spoke with the publication, also disclosed that the case is far from being set to go to trial as the U.S. government is yet to turn over all the evidence. He said the date for the next appearance has not been released yet.
MERIDIAN SPY reports Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai and extradited to the US.
He is facing criminal charges for “conspiring 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.
If convicted of conspiracy to engage in money laundering, the self-acclaimed Instagram influencer would face a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
