Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, has expressed regrets for destroying his family name with greed and tenders apologies for his actions.

Ramon Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, a Nigerian Instagram celebrity awaiting sentencing by a United States court, has regretted his involvement in the fraudulent schemes for which he has been detained since June 2020.

Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirate (UAE), in June 2020, and subsequently taken to the US, where he pleaded guilty to the charges in July 2021.

The trial judge, Otis Wright, has fixed 7 November as the date to sentence Hushpuppi, according to a court’s notice obtained by PREMIUM TIMES.

Ahead of his sentencing, Hushpuppi begged for leniency in a three-page hand-written letter he sent to the judge from the Central Valley Annex Prions in McFarland, California.

He specifically expressed regrets for allowing greed to destroy his family name, and apologies for his actions.

Mr Abbas said he would make better choices and friends if he could turn back the hands of time.

“Your honour, I make no excuse for my actions and I take full responsibility for what I have done. If I could turn back the hands of time, I would make an entirely different decision and be more careful in the choices and friends I make.

“Since I have been incarcerated, I have had enough time to reflect on the past and I regret letting greed ruin the good name of my family, my blessing and my name,” he stated.


Apologies

He apologised to the victims of his crimes, law enforcement agencies, US government’s lawyers, and the judge handling his case.

“I will like to specially apologise to the victims in the case I am involved with from count(s) one to five and more personal to ….and her entire family.

“I apologise to the law enforcement agents who have worked tirelessly to make the world a safer place and to the US Attorney’s entire office for the great work of upholding the law against criminals like myself; And to the court and you, Your Honour, for impartial serving of justice through the years.”

In his emotional-laden letter to the judge, he also apologised to his family members, including his parents and three children aged four, five and eight.

He expressed hope that the children would forgive him by the time they fully understood the unfolding events in future.

“I also apologise to my parents, my family members, who this case has affected their lives, my friends and well-wishers, who I have disappointed, my children even though they may be too young to understand why I’m absent in their lives, I hope someday they see this and forgive me, and I hope God forgives me too,” he said.


Background

The 39-year-old, known for flaunting his opulent lifestyle on social media, was arrested in Dubai, UAE, by special agents including the Emerati police officers and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) operatives in June 2020.


He was flown to the US where he was charged with money laundering offences.

Mr Abbas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in money laundering in July 2021.

The FBI stated in an affidavit obtained by PREMIUM TIMES that its investigations revealed that Mr Abbas financed this extravagant lifestyle with proceeds of crime.

Hushpuppi, according to US government, “knowingly combined, agreed, and conspired with multiple other persons (“co-conspirators”) to conduct financial transactions into, within, and outside the United States involving property that represented the proceeds of wire fraud” from at least about 18 January 2019 to 9 June 2020.

His co-conspirators, according to prosecutors, targeted multiple victims and laundered and/or attempted to launder funds fraudulently obtained, and attempted to be fraudulently obtained, through bank cyber-heists, business email compromise (BEC) frauds, and other fraud schemes.

The intended victims of the conspiracy were said to include a foreign financial institution, a bank in Malta, a law firm (located in New York State), and two companies located in the United Kingdom.

Mr Abbas knew “these fraudulent schemes included bank cyber-heists, BEC schemes, and other fraud schemes”, the prosecutors said.

The foreign financial institution (a bank in Malta) was an intended victim of a cyber-heist, while the other victims identified above were victims of BEC schemes.

In some BEC schemes involving victim companies in the United Kingdom, Mr Abbas was said to have with one co-conspirator discussed on May 12, 2019, how they anticipated fraudulent payments of approximately £6 million per week.

“Once a victim deposited funds into a bank account, defendant would coordinate with other coconspirators to obtain or move the funds, and then to further launder the funds,” the U.S. government said.

In addition to admitting defendant’s involvement in the schemes intending to defraud the victims, Mr Abbas was also said to have admitted involvement in a scheme to defraud a victim company in Qatar that was building an international school (the Qatari Victim Company) and the owner of that company.


‘Ephemeral’ involvement

Hushpuppi said in his letter to the trial judge that of all the five cases of fraud listed against him, only the one perpetrated against the Qatari businessperson provided him some gains.

Denying being the organiser of the scheme, he said he was only recruited into it. He maintained that his involvement in it “was very ephemeral”.

He said, even though, the fraudulent scheme robbed the victim of about $800,000, he benefitted only $300,000 from the proceeds.

“I was recruited into an ongoing loan scheme which my involvement was very ephemeral though cost the victim a fraction of a total loss of over $800,000.

“My episode in the scheme amounts to loss of over $300,000 out of total $800,000 loss to victim which I take full responsibility for my actions and entire scheme and make no excuse (for) my mistake of ever getting involved and I have signed for entire loss in this case to be paid with my personal property not just what I profited but entire loss of over $800,000 in my P.S.R.”

But he expressed his willingness to pay full restitution of $1.7 million to all victims including those from whom he claimed not to have derived any gain.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/557770-my-regrets-apologies-over-my-fraudulent-schemes-hushpuppi.html

He shouldn't forget to extend the apologies to the family of those he inflicted with pains and agony because of is greediness .

Loo

No be say I dey support hush, but who never sin should cast the first stone. Go serve your sentence gee. E sure me say u no go smell poverty again after u gain freedom

Lol... American prison will make you turn a new leaf...

El Chapo would have repented by now too

Do the crime and do the time

Lol

Damn shit. Once FBI face u, ur own don baje. All your power and those who promise u power go vamoose. By the time he comes out, all his I'll gotten investments and wealth both in physical and in digital, such as b.t.c will be gone and owned by the u.s government. Damn

Urheadmaster:
Been disobedient for a while and later becomes obedient is good to do.

Enjoy your freedom after Mr hush

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But what I don't understand is why flaunting your wealth when you know that your money is not pure.

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Hush don humble

Hope you've learnt some lessons, now you see, vanity is vanity. ill gotten money remains ill gotten money...it would still go back to where's is from...if you like take ham do business, e go still go back to e came from ooo...









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SURREAL.....

Most Nigerians are daft and greedy at the same time.


Okay you come from a poor family and somehow you found a way to make some millions through internet scam, normally, anybody that have sense ought to invest that money into their dream business or assemble talented and skilled people to work for you in rendering valuable services to the society and then you quit the illegitimate business of scamming people and focus on your now legitimate business.



Instead of doing this, Nigerian youths would make 20million from internet scam, then use 10million to buy a luxury car, use 5 million to rent a luxury apartment and use 3million to furnish it and then use the remaining 2million to club around town, womanize and live lavish lifestyle in the hope that another maga abi mugu will pay a bigger amount soon. Like play like play, they turn internet scam to their full time job and still expect not to be caught, how?


This is the problem Bola Tinubu has, he was able to pocket Lagos state and some Southwest states from being a poor boy born into wretched family but billions of Lagos treasury he controls is not enough for him and now he wants to control Nigeria, and na there God will show him that He is still God that sees the heart of men and knows our deepest secrets.




To all Nigerian youths doing Yahoo Yahoo or Armed Robbery or Kidnapping for ransom or money ritual or drug trafficking or any other illegitimate business, this is a wake up call to you all; quit that criminal business you are doing and hurry now and invest the money you have gotten from that illegitimate business into a legitimate business that will start generating you income.


Don't even think buying cars or lands or building house will save you from your future doom knocking on your door.


Invest in a business that will be yielding you daily, weekly or monthly income and quit that Yahoo nonsense now! I

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You are forgiven Bro. Raymond Abbas.
Your crime is nothing compared to that of Emilokan Yekini Amoda the brown teeth LionThief of Bourdilion from Irajijijijbijij

Hush puppy. What a moniker.

No caught, no regrets.

That's a rare development! With apology must come repentance though. God does not desire the death of a REPENTED sinner, but that he may live a changed life after confession and repentance. A typical compatriot from the eastern flanks of the Great River cannot do this. Instead, he would curse the Fatherland and wail about marginalisation. Why do you think that dealings in cocaine and heroin and marijuana and tramadol and other banned substances are yet to abate? People who can give their right eyes come join with their right hand for money! They always take more than the owner can ignore. And if they're caught in the act, they'll tender what they call the evil of the Article of Surrender of January 12th 1970 as the cause. Hushpuppi, go come! Prison was built to house man, not animal. Nothing do you, because the hand does not stay behind when it conveys food to the mouth!

He has no regrets, assuming he was not caught he would still be doing inspire to aspire. God go punish the oloriburuku.

Where is our share before we forgive you

Na person wey dem catch be thief. Lol

Wow, na hushpuppi be this? This bros that rubbed off fraudulent money on our faces, with pride o.

Whatever or whoever makes them believe they'll never be caught is legendary, height of deception.

Cash rules everything around me

Show remorse and get reduced time. Smart guy.

They should free this guy na, at least he has turn a a new responsible individual..U.S just be doing too much lately

man like Hush.
All the best on your journey,hope you become a better man and hope all your victims get justice and recompense for the pain you put them through.

Merch:
They should free this guy na, at least he has turn a a new responsible individual..U.S just be doing too much lately

Release him?
They might as well let everyone in prison out then. Where is the deterrent for others.

Imagine posing with stolen money and claiming it's "God" and his "hard work".


E get luck say na Americans e scam, not an Asian country

Send the greedy bastard to jail!

If he could turn the hands of time, he would still be a greedy crimimal but would avoid Dubai.

Do the crime, do the time.

Fucking bastard!