Ramon Abbas – also known as Hushpuppi 37, is known for posting photos of his lavish lifestyle on Instagram, where he has 2.5m followers. Court documents filed in California said Hushpuppi’s crimes cost victims almost $24m in total. In one scheme, Hushpuppi attempted to steal more than $1.1m from someone who wanted to fund a new children’s school in Qatar, the documents said. Court records unsealed this week show he pleaded guilty to this charge on 20 April. The documents state that between 18 January 2019 and 9 June 2020, Hushpuppi and others targeted multiple victims and laundered the illicit funds in banks all over the world. They add that he could face up to 20 years in prison and will need to “pay full restitution to the victim(s)”. Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai, where he lived, in June 2020.
SOURCE: BBC
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