By Kola Alhassan with agency reports
The United States Justice Department has rubbished claims that Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, committed $400,000 fraud inside US prison.
Some news outlets had reported that some “US state prosecutors submitted documents” which accused Hushpuppi of committing fraud of over $400,000 while in US jail.
They claimed the documents submitted before the United States District Court of California revealed that he took part in the purchase and laundering of Economic Impact Payment debit cards dishonestly got from stolen data of US citizens and residents.
However, the US Department of Justice, said it was false.
Mrozek Thom, Director of Media Relations, United States Attorney General Office, stated that the reports lack authenticity.
He said : “After we have looked at the documents that were reported by the media, the US Attorney Office in Los Angeles which filed a suit against Mr Abass did not file any such documents.
“We have checked with the FBI agent that was reported to have written the documents and he confirmed to us that he knew nothing about the documents, saying they were fake.”
