Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, known online as Ray Hushpuppi, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison on November 7, 2022, after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to engage in money laundering. The court also ordered him to pay $1,732,841 in restitution to two fraud victims, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Who is Hushpuppi?
Hushpuppi is the online name of Ramon Olorunwa Abbas. Prosecutors described him as a social-media personality who displayed wealth online. In its sentencing announcement, the DOJ said proceeds associated with online scams included a school-financing scam, business-email-compromise fraud and other cyber-enabled schemes. Those descriptions provide context for the case; Abbas’s guilty plea was to a money-laundering conspiracy count, not separate convictions for each example.
What was Hushpuppi sentenced for?
Abbas pleaded guilty in April 2021 to one count of conspiracy to engage in money laundering. Judge Otis D. Wright II imposed the 135-month sentence on November 7, 2022. The DOJ release also reports an order for $1,732,841 in restitution to two victims.
How was Hushpuppi connected to North Korean hackers?
The connection described by prosecutors was financial: the DOJ said Abbas, Ghaleb Alaumary and others conspired to launder funds from a February 2019 cyber-enabled heist at a Maltese bank that prosecutors attributed to North Korean perpetrators. The DOJ described this connection in a separate announcement about three North Korean military hackers.
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Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minuteDriver Scan →Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errorsFree Scan →That account identifies a laundering link; it does not establish that Abbas was a hacker. Nor does it establish that he knew the funds’ ultimate source or destination. The hackers’ case involved broader allegations and charges, which should not be confused with Abbas’s guilty plea and sentence.
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- Established in Abbas’s case: He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to engage in money laundering and received a 135-month prison sentence.
- Also ordered: Restitution of $1,732,841 to two victims.
- Separately described by DOJ: A laundering scheme involving proceeds from a bank heist attributed to North Korean perpetrators.
- Not established by that connection: That Abbas carried out the cyberattack or was himself a North Korean hacker.
The sentence is a historical fact reported in the DOJ’s 2022 announcement. That announcement does not establish Abbas’s present custody status or whether the sentence has since been modified, so it should not be used to infer a current release date.
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