Hushpuppi is the 37-year-old Nigerian man accused of being the leader of a gang that carries out that computer fraud as well as business email compromise (BEC) fraud.

He was arraigned in a Californian court, ahead of his up coming trial on the 13th of October 2020.

Ramon Abbas alias Hushpuppi pleaded not guilty to four-counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, international money laundering, Money laundering conspiracies as well as being involved in monetary transactions in property that was obtained from unlawful activities.

The two top lawyers representing Hushpuppi are Vicki Podberesky from California and Gal Pissetzky who is acting pro bono because he is not licenced to practice outside Chicago. Both Vicki Podberesky and Gal Pissetzky are ranked as top lawyers in Criminal justice matters.

If convicted, Hushpuppi could spend the next 20 years in U.S. federal prison.