I’m planning vigorous defence to free Hushpuppi – US lawyer

Gal Pissetzky , the legal representative of alleged Internet fraudster , Ramon Abbas , aka Hushpuppi, has said he has a good chance of beating the fraud allegations against him .

The lawyer , who spoke to The newsmaker on Thursday , said he planned to put up “vigorous defence to get him out of the case .”

Pissetzky is a top Chicago -based criminal defence attorney and has been involved in many notable cases in the United States of America .

Hushpuppi was arrested by the Dubai authorities in a sting operation .

Together with his gang, the 37 - year -old was alleged to have defrauded 1,926 ,400 people from different parts of the world and stolen about 1. 6bn Dirham ( N168 bn) .

The Dubai police later handed him over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the US , where he was arraigned on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering , among others .

The FBI also alleged that Hushpuppi attempted to defraud an English Premier League football club of £ 100 m (N48.4bn) .

Pissetzky told Forbes that the suspect was not guilty of the crimes .

“Absolutely not guilty of [the ] charges they are accusing him of . ( Abbas rahmon olorunwa) was running a legitimate business and a very legitimate Instagram account and did not take part in any scam or fraud,” he said. 

When contacted, Pissetzky also told

The newmakers that the suspect’s case would go before a jury .

He said, “There is always a chance , absolutely . That ’s why they hired me and that’s why I am going to put up vigorous defence and defend him. I will give him good representation . He has a chance . In the United States of America , you have a jury system .”

Asked if he would consider a plea bargain with the system to reduce Abbas’ sentence, Pissetzky said it was a discussion between him and his client