On Monday, Ray Hushpuppi, an influencer in Nigeria, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison. In Los Angeles, a social media star was found laundering millions of dollars. Ray Hushpuppi often shares photos of himself with supercars, private jets and designer clothes. Don Always, Assistant Director of the FBI, described the influencer as follows:
“one of the biggest money launderers in the world.”
Ray Hushpuppi, whose real name is Ramon Abbas, has been ordered by a federal court to refund $1.7 million to two victims of his fraudulent activities. According to the sentencing minutes, Abbas “conspired to launder more than $300 million” but “ultimately failed to materialize.” Ray Hushpuppi (40 years old) had more than two million followers on Instagram shortly before his arrest in Dubai in 2020.
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Ray Hushpuppi’s Money Laundering Operation
Prosecutors found that Abbas, a Nigerian-Canadian, laundered money from a variety of online crimes, including banking and BEC cybercriminals, or business email compromises in which the fraudsters hack into someone’s email account and pretend to be someone else. will trick the victim into sending money to someone who doesn’t own the money.
Hushpuppi allegedly helped launder $14.7 million from a bank in Malta in 2019, as well as transferring funds through Romanian and Bulgarian institutions. Among his other illegal activities were earning $923,000 from a New York law practice and laundering millions of pounds from a British conglomerate and a major UK football team. Ray Hushpuppi also admitted to helping a person in Qatar launder $15 million.
Ray Hushpuppi shows off his wealth on social media.
His social media followers are sure that he is in the real estate business, as stated on his profile. On the other hand, an influencer can finance his lavish lifestyle through internet hacking methods. The title of one of his posts on Instagram reads:
“I want to inspire even more young people to follow in my footsteps.”
In another Instagram photo from 2020, the scammer showed off his lavish lifestyle and wrote:
“I start the day with lunch at Nobu in Monte Carlo, Monaco, then book a helicopter to… get a facial at the Christian Dior spa in Paris, and end the day with champagne at Gucci.”
Photos of him posing with a number of cars, including Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Ferrari, have been posted on his Instagram page. According to reports, he tagged one of the photos where he showed off his cars with the words “#All Mine”.
Pictures of him hanging out with international celebrities and athletes are posted on his page. Hushpuppi calls himself the “Gucci Billionaire Master” on Snapchat. During his 2020 arrest in Dubai, detectives recovered $41 million, about two million email addresses of possible victims, phones, computers, and 13 cars. luxury worth a total of $6.8 million.
In an Instagram post two weeks before his arrest, he stated:
“Thank you for your many blessings in my life, Lord.” Continue to embarrass people who are waiting to be embarrassed.
As of this writing, his Instagram account has been disabled.
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Source: newstars.edu.vn