FBI kidnapped my client from Dubai – Hushpuppi’s Lawyer

Gal Pissetzky, lawyer to Nigerian suspected international fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, popularly known as Ray Hushpuppi, has said that his client was kidnapped by the FBI from Dubai and taken to the US.

Hushpuppi was arrested alongside another cyber-heist suspect, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, also known as Mr Woodberry were in Dubai, where they lived, in June.

“There was no extradition, there were no legal steps taken, there were no court documents filed, it was simply a call to the FBI. He is not a citizen of the United States, the US had absolutely no authority to take him.”

Gal Pissetzky had earlier told Forbes that Hushpuppi runs a legitimate business and is not a fraudster.

Pissetzky said that the Instagram celebrity is a legitimate businessman who deals on real estate, according to Forbes.