American rapper and producer, Curtis James Jackson III, popularly known as 50 Cent, has announced plans to release a movie series on the story of notorious Nigerian internet fraudster, Ramon Abass, aka Hushpuppi.

Recall that, Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates in June 2020, for defrauding over 1.9 million people, majority of whom were Americans.

Advertisements

READ ALSO: Video: Singer Rema Collapses While Performing In UK


He was afterwards extradited to the United States for trial on July 3, the same year.

Advertisements

iBrandtv reports that Hushpuppi was sentenced to 11 years and three months’ imprisonment on Monday by a United States District Court sitting at the Central District of California after he was found guilty of laundering proceeds of a school financing scam, business email compromise and other fraudulent cyber schemes.

The 37 years old had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges filed against him during the trial.

Advertisements

READ ALSO: U.S Court Allegedly Releases Copies Of Bola Tinubu’s Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering Case In Chicago

However, in a recent development, 50 Cent shared a photo of Hushpuppi via his Instagram page on Wednesday announcing that he was working on a movie project based on Hushpuppi’s story.

The G-Unit Records founder wrote in the caption, “For my scammers I gotta do this one. Hushpuppi series coming soon! GLG, Green Light Gang I don’t miss. #Bransoncognac #lecheminduroi #gunitfilmandtv.”

Advertisements

2 Comments

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.