Hushpuppi’s ally, Woodberry, appeals for reduce jail term

Olalekan Jacob Ponle, Mr Woodberry, who was convicted in 2023 for defrauding individuals and businesses of millions of dollars, has asked the United States Court of Appeals to reduce his eight-year jail term on the grounds that the sentence was wrongly calculated, Peoples Gazette is reporting.

Woodberry argued he is being unfairly imprisoned with harsh restitution both for the crimes he planned to commit and the ones he actually committed, according to U.S. Seventh Circuit court documents.

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Woodberry had set out to defraud individuals and entities of over $51 million but only ended up scamming his victims of approximately $8 million because some of them were quick to catch on to his schemes and refused to transfer their money. He was asked to pay the $8 million as restitution to seven of his identified victims.