
Gal Pissetzky and Hushpuppi
By Abankula
Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a.k.a Hushpuppi has hired Gal Pissetzky, one of the best criminal defence lawyers in Chicago area to defend him.
Hushpuppi, who was extradited to US from Dubai last week Thursday faces trial in Los Angeles, where his case has been filed before a US District Court in Central District of California.
Chicago therefore appears like a temporary bus stop as he will be transferred soon.
Pissetsky told P.M. News he will handle Hushpuppi’s defence all the way to Los Angeles.
In a text message to P.M.News early Wednesday, he confirmed he is Abbas’s Defence attorney.
“I do represent Mr Abbas”, Pissetzky said. “Most likely I’ll be following the case to LA too”.
Hushpuppi appeared to have hired the right attorney.
Mr. Pissetzky is described on the website of his law firm, Pissetzky & Berliner, LLC as a well-respected member of the legal community, who has represented many clients in high-profile cases, and is frequently quoted in the press.
“He regularly appears on TV as the legal consultant/advisor regarding high profile criminal cases”.
Mr. Pissetzky has handled multi-issue complex trials and appeals.
“His practice focuses on defending clients of complex federal and state crimes, such as financial crimes, wire fraud, mail fraud, political corruption, medicare fraud, conspiracy, large-scale drug crimes, murder, attempted murder and other violent crimes, gun offences, sex offences, as well as any criminal forfeiture proceedings that occur as a result of the criminal charges”, the web site said.
Mr. Pissetzky began his career as a defence attorney in 2002 after spending four years with the Cook County State Attorney’s Office.
He obtained his J.D. from the John Marshall Law School. He is a member of the Illinois Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Mr. Pissetzky has earned a reputation for his fierce and zealous advocacy. He was named a Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2011 and included in the list of Top 100 Trial Lawyers repeatedly
Pissetzky client Ramon Hushpuppi was described by the U.S. Justice Department, along with FBI as “one of the leaders of a transnational network that facilitates computer intrusions” in order “to steal hundreds of millions of dollars” from victims all over the world.
The U.S has declined to identify all those targeted by the alleged conspiracy.
The list reportedly includes a New York-based law firm that was defrauded out of almost US$1 million last October, a “foreign financial institution” that suffered a loss of $14.7 million following a cyber-heist in February 2019, and an English Premier League football club targeted as part of a scheme to steal almost $125 million.
In a separate case filed in U.S. District Court of Chicago, Hushpuppi’s friend, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, also known as “Mr. Woodbery” and “Mark Kain,” 29, originally of Lagos, Nigeria, is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
“A criminal complaint accuses Ponle of orchestrating “business email compromise” schemes to defraud several U.S.-based companies. The schemes resulted in attempted or actual losses to victim companies in the tens of millions of dollars, including a Chicago-based company that was defrauded into sending wire transfers totaling $15.2 million, the complaint states”.
Pissetzky said he is not the attorney for Woodberry.
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TUNJI I AGREE WITH U TO A LARGE EXTENT. THOUGH THE CV OF THE LAWYER IS INTIMIDATING BUT I DON’T THINK HE CAN WIN THE CASE BCOS THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING…PLEA BARGAINING MAY JUST BE A WAY OUT…
If these are your thoughts, then you know next to nothing about criminal charges and defence. First and foremost, it is not all evidence that is acceptable or admissible in court. Secondly, each and every evidence introduced will be open to all kinds of scrutiny on how they were obtained. All evidence obtained illegally or not in accordance with the law of evidence will also be inadmissible. All evidence obtained by trickery or not in line with the normal process will also be inadmissible. Circumstantial and hearsay evidence will likewise be thrown out. The burden of proof lays with the prosecution, and the standard of proof is beyond reasonable doubt. All the press coverage and publicity involved with this case will be detrimental to the case of the prosecution because the defence will rely on them to allege bias based on public opinion. The cases sort to be proved may be more difficult than it appears when it gets to court. There are a lot of rules associated with a court room trial different from public opinion. You will be surprised at how easy it is to get away with a lot of these charges by a criminal smart enough, and a lawyer who knows their stuff.
The FBI and the Justices Dept have a lot of evidence to convict Hushpuppi. The only thing Pissetzky can do is to offer a plea bargain for his client. Before accepting a plea bargain, the Justice Dept will want to know all the people that were involved in the cyber crimes for reduced jail time.
You guys think you know but you don’t. We don’t say criminal reporter but crime reporter.
There could be criminal law but that is not the practice. The attorney is crime attorney.
Have you considered that it infers the lawyer is a criminal?
Since you are so insistent on your point, we want you to ponder on this definition: Criminal lawyers, also known as criminal defense lawyers and public defenders, work to defend individuals, organizations, and entities that have been charged with a crime.
Don’t bother wasting your time educating these so called editors. I read the editor’s reply to your observation, and was not surprised that it has no bearing to the actual point you tried to educated them on. Certain terms are only supposed to be used colloquially in informal setting or in a knowledgeable setting where everyone is considered knowlegeable enough to know the difference no matter how the term is used. However, in a public news article such as this, such colloquial terms cannot be freely used because not all the readers will be educated enough or adept enough, or informed enough in english grammar to understand the use of that term in the context. Therefore, it behoves on this editor to know when to use terms which may be confusing as to its meaning to ‘some’ readers.
I’m sure that the PDP and other money launderers are watching closely, they’ve got a contact of defense attorney hahahahahahahahahlol!
That is if they are charged in the US. Take note.
Atiku, Saraki, Dogara, Dino and PDP are you not going to help your friend.
He promised to help hack into INEC website and manipulate results for you to pepertarte your criminal desire if electronic bill was assented to by the President but my smart president failed you criminals.
FBI should investigate the Kenyan guy that appeared to defend the fake Atiku server result, he is a member of the criminal gang. CRIMINALS
Your stupid mother must be regretting having a pig like you as a swine
Criminal lawyer or crime lawyer? They don’t mean the same thing!
Criminal lawyer is correct. The full title is criminal defence lawyer or criminal defence attorney.
Please don’t waste your time on this matter, not everyone you see here knows about this content,just tell them to go for more research, check criminal defense attorney.
You mean to tell me that you’ve never heard of criminal law as against commercial law, gas law etc before? Damn! Dude, where the hell have you been?
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