![]() The networks, like many criminal fraud groups around the world, have prolifically used business email compromise or BEC schemes, deceiving companies into making money transfers.Ībbas and others “conspired to launder £100m (approximately $124m) from an English Premier League soccer club,” the Department of Justice said. “The FBI’s investigation has revealed that Abbas finances this opulent lifestyle through crime,” the agency said.Ĭyber-fraud has been increasingly targeted by Nigerian authorities in recent years yet remains a major challenge.Ībbas is prominent among a cohort of famous social media stars celebrated in Nigerian popular culture despite being long suspected of links to fraud networks. Investigators were able to track his movements by following his posts, the DoJ said. ![]() ![]() In hundreds of Instagram posts in recent years, the popular Nigerian national has showcased an opulent lifestyle to more than 2.4 million followers, posing in designer clothes and watches, luxury cars and chartered jets. In a video published online by Dubai police, officers working in “Operation Fox Hunt 2” stormed into Hushpuppi’s home as he slept and arrested him, in one of a series of coordinated raids against him and other co-conspirators.įBI special agents obtained custody of Abbas and took him to Chicago, where he appeared in court on Friday morning, the DoJ said. A months-long investigation by the FBI led to his arrest last month by authorities in the United Arab Emirates, where Abbas was a resident.
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