Nigeria Nollywood Stars Beg To Play Notorious Fraudster Hushpuppi In Proposed TV Series By 50Cent

Nigeria Nollywood stars are trooping into the comment section of the Instagram handle of American rapper and movie mogul, Curtis Jackson known better as 50cent, to beg to play notorious scammer Ramon Abbas in the proposed Hushpuppi TV series.

Some of the Nigerian Nollywood stars who have previously condemned Hushpuppi on his fraudulent activities, and others who have allegedly benefited hugely from him, were all overjoyed to hear that 50cent is planning to make a movie out of the Hushpuppi scamming saga.

50cent who like others around the world reacted to the news of Hushpuppi getting an 11-year jail sentence for trying to launder over $400million fraudulently obtained from his victims from internet frauds and was ordered by the court to pay the sum of $1.7million as restitution to his victims, saw the judgment by the U.S court as an interesting one that should be made into a TV series.

Now we are not sure whether or not 50cent was serious about his statement on making the Hushpuppi scamming story into a TV Series or his post was just him sampling the opinions of his followers on the idea, but if anything, it will be an interesting storyline and hopefully Hushpuppi will have the opportunity to share his own side of the story and take the world into the life of a fraudster.

50cent who is well known to go after such crime stories and individuals behind them from telling his own stories on Power and Raising Kanan, among others, which have all been a huge hit, will surely do a good job with the Hushpuppi story if he finally decides to do it. And we cannot wait to see what he will do with the Hushpuppi story, and which of these Nigerian Nollywood stars begging for a role to play the notorious scammer gets to make it into the cast. It could also share more light into the issue of internet fraud that is rampant in Nigeria.

Here were some of the comments by Nollywood stars on the Hushpuppi TV series by 50cent:

Actress Ini Edo reacting to the news, said: “You are welcome! Nigerian actors are your best bet,” she said.

Mofe Duncan also commented on the post by 50cent, saying:

“My Chubby look would finally be put to go use,” he said with a tag saying Mofe Duncan as Hushpuppi.

Popular Nollywood actress Uche Jombo also said:

“Please give a Nigerian actor the opportunity to play this character”

Hushpuppi Sentence:

Ramon Abbas who goes by the name Hushpuppi was sentenced to 11 years in prison over charges related to a multimillion dollar scam that targeted companies in the United States and overseas.

He pleaded guilty in April last year to conspiracy to engage in money laundering. In addition to the prison sentence handed down on Monday, United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II ordered him to pay $1.7 million in restitution to two fraud victims.

It is a spectacular downfall for Ramon Abbas, 40, whose June 2020 arrest at his gilded perch in Dubai made headlines worldwide. Before his sentencing, Abbas was held in federal detention in Los Angeles, his once flamboyant social media account gone quiet — despite gaining 500,000 new followers since his arrest.

On social media, where Abbas had posted videos of himself tossing wads of cash like confetti, he referred to himself as a real estate developer. But federal investigators said he financed his extravagant lifestyle through online hacking schemes that netted more than $24 million.

His targets included a US law firm, a foreign bank and an unnamed British professional soccer club, among others, according to a federal sentencing memorandum from the US Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California.

Abbas’ September letter to Judge Wright detailed how his co-conspirators reached out to him to pinpoint businesses to scam or request banking information to transfer fraudulently obtained funds.

His alleged cyber crimes involved jaw-dropping amounts of money.

Federal documents detailed how Abbas and a co-conspirator “fraudulently induced” a New York law firm to wire nearly $923,000 meant for a client’s real estate refinancing to a bank account they controlled. A paralegal at the firm received fraudulent wire instructions after sending an email to what appeared to be a legitimate bank email address but was later identified as a “spoofed” address.

In such a business email compromise scam, criminals mimic an email message or website to make their communication appear like it’s from a known source making a request such as a money transfer.

Abbas also confessed to a conspiracy to defraud a Qatari businessman of more than $1 million.

“The defendants allegedly faked the financing of a Qatari school by playing the roles of bank officials and creating a bogus website in a scheme that also bribed a foreign official to keep the elaborate pretense going after the victim was tipped off,” acting United States Attorney Tracy L. Wilkison said in a statement last year.