Court Orders FBI To Arrest Abba Kyari Over Hushpuppi’s Fraud Investigations
A United States' Court has issued a warrant of arrest for Nigeria’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, over his role in serial internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, more commonly Hushpuppi’s multi-million naira fraud probe.
Otis Wright of the United States District Court for the
Central District of California ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to
track down Kyari and produce him in the United States for his role in a
multi-million dollar fraud.
Abbas was arrested in Dubai last June and he pleaded guilty
to fraud in the U.S. this week.
The FBI said Abbas and Kyari have been friends and were both
involved in a conspiracy to launder money.
American prosecutors first sought a court warrant to arrest
Kyari on February 12, 2021, according to court documents seen by People’s
Gazette.
Another warrant was requested on April 29, 2021.
Judge Wright’s permission for the FBI to arrest Mr Kyari and
hold him in U.S. custody was unsealed on July 26.
SaharaReporters had earlier reported that Hushpuppi narrated
how he bribed Kyari to have one of his rivals arrested and jailed in Nigeria
following a dispute over a $1.1million dupe of a Qatari businessperson.
Abbas had asked Kyari to arrest and jail a fellow fraudster
Kelly Chibuzor Vincent after both were locked in a dispute presumably over how
to share the $1.1million loot received from the Qatari businessperson.
Abbas had pleaded guilty to a multi-million fraud earlier
this month and faces up to 20 years in jail.
He will be sentenced in the coming weeks and will forfeit
some of his assets and his rights to appeal while also paying restitution to
victims of his years-long fraud.
Kyari in a statement on Facebook has, however, dismissed the
allegations of bribe.
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