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Abbas, under the name Ray Hushpuppi, had more than 2million Instagram followers before he was arrested in 2020 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates
Posted on 11/08/2022 7:33:22 AM PST by dennisw
Notorious Nigerian fraudster 'Ray Hushpuppi' who flaunted his bling lifestyle on Instagram is jailed in America for 11 years as FBI calls him 'one of the most prolific money launderers in the world' Ramon Abbas, 40, hacked into emails and convinced people to wire him money
He laundered millions stolen from banks, a soccer club and a New York law firm He boasted 2million Instagram followers he tried to 'inspire' with his lifestyle
A Nigerian influencer who flaunted his lavish lifestyle online has been jailed for 11 years after laundering millions of stolen dollars by hacking into emails and convincing vulnerable people to wire money.
Ramon Abbas, 40, who called himself Ray Hushpuppi online and regularly posed in front of supercars, private jets and in designer clothing, was branded 'one of the most prolific money launderers in the world' by the FBI.
He has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $1.7million in restitution to two fraud victims, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Prosecutors said Abbas and a Canadian man carried out bank cyberheists and business email compromise, in which crooks hack into email accounts and pretend to be someone they're not to convince victims into wiring money.
In 2019, he helped launder some $14.7million stolen by North Korean hackers from a bank in Malta, funneling the money through banks in Romania and Bulgaria, prosecutors said.
He also helped launder millions of pounds stolen from a British company and a professional soccer club in the United Kingdom, got a New York-based law firm to transfer nearly $923,000 to a criminal account and acknowledged in a plea agreement that he helped defraud someone in Qatar who sought a $15million loan to build a school, federal prosecutors said.
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Abbas, under the name Ray Hushpuppi, had more than 2million Instagram followers before he was arrested in 2020 in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates
He laundered millions of stolen dollars by hacking into emails and convincing vulnerable people to wire money
He’s a piker compared to the democrat controlled congress.
I sent him some money once. He is a nice guy.
Good! But America’s fraudster remains free.
Anyone stupid enough to send money to these Nigerian crooks deserves to get ripped off.
He looks idiotic in those get ups, but his name is great!
I guess child slaves in China ripped his jeans, so he could look like a rich badass tough guy.
The politicians could teach him a thing or two on money laundering.
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