Controversial lawyer Miguna Miguna has shared his thought on the sentencing of the infamous Nigerian conman Ramon Abass, popularly known as Hushpuppi who was found guilty by a US court.
Hushpuppi was sentenced to serve 11 years in jail after an American court found him guilty of fraud and money laundering.
His sentencing comes more than two years after he was arrested by police in Dubai, in June 2020, before being extradited to the United States for trial and sentencing.
According to the United States Central District Court in California, Hushpuppi will only serve 9 years in prison since he has been in detention at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in Chicago for the past two years as the suit’s determination continued.
The court says that on diverse dates between January 2019 and June 2020, Hushpuppi used an elaborate fraud scheme to dupe unsuspecting victims, swindle their money before laundering the loot to banks all over the world.
He was arrested alongside 11 other individuals.
However, the US court did not reveal the specific prison where Hushpuppi will serve his 9-year sentence.
Before his arrest, Hushpuppi used to show off his lavish lifestyle on social media.
Reacting to Hushpuppi’s sentencing, lawyer Miguna Miguna noted that the jailed Nigerian would have been elected senator or governor if he was in Kenya.
“If he was in Kenya, he would have been elected governor or senator,” Miguna tweeted.
