United States authorities Friday said an English Premier League club was among the victims Nigerian fraudster Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, conspired to defraud.

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 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.

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.

13 luxury cars worth N2. 640 billion (Dh 25 million), 21 laptops, 47 smartphones, 15 memory storage devices, 5 external hard drives and 800, 000 emails of potential victims were also recovered from the gang.

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.

The video posted by the Dubai Media Office said their police were able to track the locations of the suspected fraudsters using their social media activities.

The Dubai Police said the Hushpuppi and his gang specialised in hacking corporate emails and then send fictitious messages to the clients of the companies whose email accounts they have hacked to redirect financial transactions and bank details to their own accounts.

“This was a challenging case, one that spanned international boundaries, traditional financial systems and the digital sphere,” said Jesse Baker, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service, Los Angles Field Office.

The DoJ affidavit alleges that Abbas and others committed a BEC scheme that defrauded a client of a New York-based law firm out of approximately $922,857 in October 2019.

DoJ said Abbas and co-conspirators allegedly tricked one of the law firm’s paralegals into wiring money intended for the client’s real estate refinancing to a bank account that was controlled by Abbas and the co-conspirators.

The Dubai Police said he and Woodberry were extradited to the United States this week to face charges of money laundering. If convicted, Hushpuppi would face a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.

Source: guardian.ng

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Na waoo....I know the premier league club wella.....

They sabi cut people ticket ehn!!!!

Na God save una say Hushpuppi hand no touch una!!!

Did i just read 20 years imprisonment?
That's very lenient and encouraging

This guy is negatively intelligent!

During the 1st lockdown,he posted a pic of him eating assorted delicacies on a very big table captioned;

"my quarantine and ur quarantine no be mate"

Today, My freedom and him freedom no be mate.

Hushpuppi is a celebrity to the celebrities.
Some celebrities which masses of Nigerians worship are fans of Hushpuppi. While some celebrities secretly begged him for money.
He lived a life many celebrities envy and wished for. He met with great people, being to top places, used expensive shiits and has enjoyed that V.I.P treatment of a star.

But who really is he? He doesn't sing, play football or act movies yet he's known worldwide.
People flaunt wealth on Social Media but Hushpuppi stands out among them all. He's that special guy who gets most of the attention.

I think the guy has a bright star and was destined to be a big figure in life, but he messed it up by being impatient and taking a shortcut.
Now he might have finally kissed his great destiny goodbye.

This guy is mean

The club can't be more than assnal

I am very proud of this guy, he is my hero, he was only stealing from those fools that stole from our great grand-fathers and made them slaves in their own country, who ever hate this guy for scarming those white fools is also a fool.

Obiaruku kweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeke

12 Tribes of Scammers. Disciples of Doomsday.

Enjoy the Time for your Crimes youall.

ifytrik:
I am very proud of this guy, he is my hero, he was only stealing from those fools that stole from our great grand-fathers and made them slaves in their own country, who ever hate this guy for scarming those white fools is also a fool.

Know when to keep Quiet OG.

flyingpig:
Did i just read 20 years imprisonment?
That's very lenient and encouraging

Wetin kan happen . 20 years no be beans

Remember it's still could face.

He has successfully completed his transfer from the premier league to the FBI's net. Let him enjoy his new home

A fraudster greatest liability is the perception that his/her fraudulent activities are too clever to be detected...It is possible to satisfy your needs but impossible to satisfy your greed. Now the minister of injustice (hushpuppi), will face justice

Indeed need is limited but greed is unlimited to this end bible tells us "godliness with contentment is great gain".

Hushpuppi will live to regret now.

ifytrik:
I am very proud of this guy, he is my hero, he was only stealing from those fools that stole from our great grand-fathers and made them slaves in their own country, who ever hate this guy for scarming those white fools is also a fool.

And what about you great grand father's who kidnapped their fellow blacks to be sold in exchange of dry gin and mirror?
You make it sound like your great grandfathers were totally against slavery.

light099:
Hushpuppi is a celebrity to the celebrities.
Some celebrities which masses of Nigerians worship are fans of Hushpuppi. While some celebrities secretly begged him for money.
He lived a life many celebrities envy and wished for. He met with great people, being to top places, used expensive shiits and has enjoyed that V.I.P treatment of a star.

But who really is he? He doesn't sing, play football or act movies yet he's known worldwide.
People flaunt wealth on Social Media but Hushpuppi stands out among them all. He's that special one who gets most of the attention.

I think the guy has a bright star and was destined to be a big figure in life, but he messed it up by being impatient and taking a shortcut.
Now he might have finally kissed his great destiny goodbye.

I so agree with the bold. Shortcut and impatience. People who adore money forget how money system works. It is backed up and ramped up in value by production. Since technology came along to boost production, the wealth game has become much savvier. The tech-savvy and economically minded have that edge over others but our people prefer everything to come now. They want to hit jackpot without playing lotto.