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A US Court sitting in Illinois, Chicago has revealed more details why suspected cyber-criminal Ramon Olorunwa Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi was denied bail.
MERIDIAN SPY reported week ago Hushpuppi through his lawyer, Gal Pissetzky, applied to leave jail with an electronic tag and live with the uncle of a woman with whom he has a child with, but US prosecutors opposed the bail application.
Justice Gilbert of the US court denied Hushpuppi’s request for bail on grounds of him being a flight risk and ordered that the suspected Nigerian fraudster be remanded in custody until he is taken to a court in California.
The 37-year-old suspected cyber-criminal’s case was however transferred to the Central District of California for prosecution after a motion by the US government for removal in custody was granted by the court.
According to Premium Times, other reasons for the decline of Hushpuppi’s request include the fact that Mr Abbas is subject to lengthy period of incarceration if convicted, lacks significant community or family ties to the district, lacks significant family or other ties outside the United States, lacks legal status in the country and will be subjected to removal or deportation for serving any period of incarceration.
If the allegations turns out true, it was further stated that the Instagram socialite who has ties with many foreign countries has sufficient assets to fund flight to anywhere in the world.
Abbas reportedly rents an apartment in Dubai for $10.000 a month and drives a Bentley. He is alleged to have committed financial crimes that netted tens of millions of dollars or more
For these reasons and those stated on the record, Mr Abbas shall be removed to the charging district in the custody of the US Marshal.
Hushpuppi who was arrested in Dubai and extradited to the US, 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.
