Hushpuppi Got Married To A St. Kitts Woman In October 2018
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Jul 10, 2020
The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis have assured that Ramon Olorunwa Abbas alias 'Ray Hushpuppi' is not a citizen of the Federation through Citizenship By Investment but admitted he was a citizen through Marriage.
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Ramon Olorunwa Abbas faces money laundering conspiracy charges in the United States, according to the Department of Justice. He appeared in a federal court in Chicago on Friday accused of conspiring to launder hundreds of millions of dollars through cybercrime schemes.
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In a statement Monday the government of St. Kitts and Nevis said it has become aware of reports and rumors concerning the Federation's citizenship of Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, allegedly a person of interest to the United States FBI.
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"We note that the Nigeria-born Mr. Abbas, 37, was granted a St. Kitts and Nevis passport in February 2020 by virtue of his marriage to Shawana Nakesia Chapman, 32, a citizen of St. Kitts and Nevis by birth and the United States of America. Ms. Chapman, a resident of North Carolina, USA, married Mr. Abbas in Nigeria in October 2018, thereby conferring him with the right to St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship."
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The statement noted that reports stating he was a Citizenship by Investment were false.
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"Any suggestion that citizenship was obtained through means other than marriage- such as the country's Citizenship by Investment program, which includes rigorous background checks - is therefore utterly false and willfully misleading."
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Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, according to reports claims to run a real estate business. He is purported to have conspired to launder millions of dollars through business email compromise (BEC) frauds and other scams, the US Department of Justice said.
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He was arrested last month by authorities in the United Arab Emirates, where he was a resident
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