BY SOLOMON IJEBOR:
A top United states Lawyer, Gal Pissetzky, who is the legal representative of alleged internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpoppi, has said that, his client, is not guilty of the allegation levelled against him.
The Chicargo based criminal defence Attorney, who is known for handling many notable cases in America, made this known in an interview with Forbes.
According to the lawyer, "Abbas is absolutely not guilty of the charges they are accusing him of. Adding that, his client runs a legitimate business and a very legitimate Instagram account, and did not take part in any scam or fraud".
Meanwhile, in a separate interview with Punch on thursday, Pissetzky stated that, He plan to put up a vigorous defence to get him out of the case adding that his client stand a good chance of beating the fraud allegations against him. stating that the case would go before a jury.
It would be recall that Hushpoppi was arrested by Dubai authorities in a sting operation, before handling him over to America.
Abbas, together with his gang, were reported to have defrauded over 1,926,400 people from different part of the world, of 1.6 billion Dirham. He was also accused by the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) of alleged plans to defraud an English football Club of £100000000.
He risks 20 years in prison, if found guilty of the allegations levelled against him.
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