The prison sentence of alleged internet fraudster and Instagram celebrity Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas may be reduced to 11 years in prison and three years of supervised release.
This was revealed in the latest edition of the Peoples Gazette, where American attorneys led by Khaldoun Shobaki in the U.S. Central District of California (Los Angeles) argued that Hushpuppi should also be asked to pay $1.7 million in restitution; $500,000 in fines and $100 in administrative fees, per recommendations submitted ahead of his sentencing on September 21.
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“The government recommends that defendant be sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, and that defendant be ordered to pay restitution of $1,732,841.34, a fine of $500,0000, and a mandatory special assessment of $100,” the September 7 filing seen by Peoples Gazette said.
This comes after prosecutors in the United States asked a federal judge to reduce Hushpuppi’s sentence for his role in a multinational conspiracy that earned him millions of dollars between 2019 and 2020.
