According to the U.S. Government’s Department of Justice website, Hushpuppi as well as his cybercrime team attempted scamming a British Premier League club of $124 million.
US Department of Justice said Hushpuppi will face criminal charges; alleging he conspired to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from business email compromise (BEC) frauds and other scams; including schemes targeting a U.S. law firm; a foreign bank and also an unnamed English Premier League soccer club.
“Abbas and others further conspired to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from other fraudulent schemes and computer intrusions; including one scheme to steal £100 million (approximately $124 million) from an English Premier League soccer club, the complaint alleges,” the Department of Justice said in a statement on Friday, July 3.
Abbas, popularly known as Huspuppi was arrested earlier in June along with Olalekan Jacob Ponle, also known as Woodberry and 10 others.
The 12 suspects were arrested in six simultaneous raids carried out by the e-police unit of the Dubai Police.
The gang was responsible for Dh1.6 billion (about N169 billion) fraud involving over 1.9 million victims. Items worth N15.845 billion (Dh 150 million) were also seized.
Their arrest in an operation codenamed Fox Hunt 2 came after about four months of painstaking investigations into their activities., during which their social media activities were monitored by the highly trained police unit.
According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, Hushpuppi maintains social media accounts that frequently showed him in designer clothes; wearing expensive watches; as well as posing in or with luxury cars and charter jets.
“The FBI’s investigation has revealed that Abbas finances this opulent lifestyle through crime; and that he is one of the leaders of a transnational network that facilitates computer intrusions, fraudulent schemes (including BEC schemes), and money laundering, targeting victims around the world in schemes designed to steal hundreds of millions of dollars,” according to the affidavit.
The affidavit describes BEC schemes as often involving a computer hacker gaining unauthorized access to a business’ email account; blocking or redirecting communications to and/or from that email account.
“BEC schemes are one of the most difficult cyber crimes we encounter; as they typically involve a coordinated group of con artists scattered around the world who have experience with computer hacking; and exploiting the international financial system,” said United States Attorney Nick Hanna.
If convicted of conspiracy to engage in money laundering, Hushpuppi would face a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
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Wow,so sad..i dont know if i should pity him or not
ReplyDeleteAbeg, don't pity him o.
DeletePity him ke? See his pregnant tummy, obente
DeleteOnly 20 years? Oma she o! Do u know how many people he has scammed of their life's savings and they had heart attacks and died? After 20 years he would still be rich
DeleteThe guy doesn't have sympathy. I read about their "hit"
DeleteGreediness leads to hell fire. Good luck Abduramoni Abbas.
Good for his dingy ass
DeletePity gini.
DeleteMay God pity all of us.
DeletePlease don’t pity him o o if scammers never scam u ehhhh
DeletePity???? Okay ,you meant his this victims...
DeletePity him na, since you don't know where to direct your pity. One doesn't even need to be a victim of fraud to know how to feel. The almost 2 million people who he defrauded nko? The businesses he must have wrecked nko? Considering trickle-down economics, do have any idea the effect his acts would have on the dependants of his victims?
DeleteThis misplaced sentiment is why our country is the way it is.
Only 20years?
DeleteDo I feel sorry they caught him? No!!!!!.
ReplyDeleteI have never admired his wealth and his show off character. This dude is a complete air head
9ice and daddy freeze, how market? Hahhaha...owo nikan lo le se o
DeleteWow! 20 years loun loun? Pity him oo
ReplyDeleteBut come to think of it,I could you be a scammer and be living loud and flashy on IG???
ReplyDeleteThis should serve as a lesson to others.
Village people at work.
DeleteOMG!!..
ReplyDeleteHis family and friends should look for a correct spiritual man or woman to work on the people handling his case..
Highest na 2 years he go spend for jail...
Chai!!
Wee you kee kwayet your mouth there!!! Sharaap!
DeleteHow about the people that committed suicide cos of his fraudulent act... I am surprised to hear that its just 20years jail term.
Anon go and sit,this guy is Nigerian!!! His offence is literally showing off on social media. I pray they destroy the case again him.
DeleteGod is a God of justice and such prayers will not be answered @ Liz except he is innocent. He lives off people's sweat and you are praying he is let off the hook? Hell No.
DeletePeople are the reason nigerians are seen as thieves every where we find ourselves. What is wrong with working for your money rather than stealing another person's sweat?
Delete@Liz what do you mean by this guy is a Nigerian and his only offence is showing off online?
DeleteI don't understand?
Are you saying Fraud is a normal thing to Nigerians and the only fraud committed here is him showing off? I don't gerrit?
Are you okay?
Keep supporting evil o... until it comes for you or someone close to you... mtcheww
I don't feel sorry for him. I'm just happy he was caught, and he's going to do time. Just sad that other "hush puppies" won't learn from this.
ReplyDeleteFeel sorry for him,but he should have laid low he keeps on showing himself anyhow and talks to people anyhow cos of his I'll gotten wealth just hope you learn your lesson when you finally get out of this mess you hide your self inside cupboard..pele ramoni
ReplyDeleteAno 23:30 are you into fraud too? Don't worry your cup go soon full
DeleteSo it would have been okay to defaud people as long as he doesn't show off? Smh
Their own iro will burn them for ogun odun
ReplyDeleteJust 20 years? Why are they stingy with their jail time?
ReplyDeleteYou mean 20 isn't enough?
DeleteNo, it isn't enough.
DeleteI'm sad, 20 years is too small... they make hardworking people look lazy
ReplyDeleteI hope they give their lives to Christ sha
It is well
Will they be charged in Dubai too?
20 years too small..after causing such havoc to people??? 50 years will be so nice and at least a lesson to those who have alil conscience.
ReplyDeleteMake una pity am small, if he is given 50 years he may die in jail.
Delete@abroadian, May you not lose your hard earned money to fraud. Which Kain yeye pity? Do you know how many of his victims might have died or committed suicide cos they lost their money through no fault of their own? If it were before, people would say they were greedy and that's why they got scammed, now what's their excuse?
DeleteSo what if he perishes in prison?
Lol anon you are harsh, 20 years is ok.
DeleteThis is Business Email Compromise at its peak. This boys are wicked
ReplyDeleteThe day of reckoning!
ReplyDeleteThe thing I hate about him is how rude & condenscending he is, always rubbishing people.
ReplyDeleteEven his baby mama & the woman he used for arrangee papers in the UK is broke, on social welfare support & struggling as a single mother with their son. While he's flexing on social media, living grandiose lifestyle showing off huge wealth in public.
Good riddance to bad rubbish! The USA is the nemesis for all types of criminals & their associates!
When America notice u, they must rope u & find way to drag u inside prison there, from any location in the world that u operate from or seem to be hiding.
Im sure his parents at home are struggling.
DeleteYou see Drug dealers and 419 people....its like its a curse; they have to show off.
If the stories are to be believed, his dad is a taxi driver and the mum a petty trader.
DeleteChaii 20years.... by the time he finally comes out his pregnant tommy will Reduce...Hush puppy pele ooo ya show-off is Absolutely Extreme too Much.. Abeg English😁😁
ReplyDeleteRay you fucked up big time,don't flaunt crime
ReplyDeleteWhen doing illegal,you lay low.I pray God comes through for you 👊
Liz your comments show you're a fraudster or someone living on its proceeds. Your cup go soon full
DeleteLiz please which God are u referring to? God is not in support of crime please
DeleteWhich God Pls Liz?? #i really wanna know.
DeleteIs it the one that hates dishonest gain?
Yoruba too get mouth. That was his undoing. He is a receiver but not intelligent enough to be a hacker. Hushpuppy's problem is poverty. It destroyed his brain
ReplyDeleteMy God!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't think he was nabbed cos of show off on IG. Almost every month Nigerians are caught and arraigned for fraud in the USA and most of them don't even have IG. There's a chance he would hve still been caught even without social media.
ReplyDeleteNemesis finally caught up with him because his life was an open secret. I wished he was caught by the Chinese Government, they would have given him a better treatment.
ReplyDeleteWow so sad
ReplyDeleteYou dey scam,you dey flaunt, ishie..enjoy your stay,he's lucky its in the us not naija prison.ewu gambia
ReplyDeleteIt's been long I heard that word ishie. Are you from cross river or akwa ibom?
DeleteHe's so lucky he wasn't caught in an Asian country mtcheeew...na dere him for die...nonsense!
ReplyDeleteThe 20 years might be 10 years or even less Sha. Anyways, may God forgive him and come throug for him.
ReplyDeleteOle lo bomo je.
ReplyDeleteIt can only get 20yrs if he goes for a plead bargain,plead guilty,and start blowing whistle by given every details and mentioning names.if not us don't joke with fraud .
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