Instagram star flaunted lavish lifestyle but was actually conspiring to launder hundreds of millions of dollars, US prosecutors say

A Nigerian man nicknamed"Ray Hushpuppi" who flaunted his Rolls Royces, fancy watches and designer clothing on Instagram faces money laundering conspiracy charges in the United States, according to the Department of Justice.

Ramon Olorunwa Abbas appeared in a federal court in Chicago on Friday. He is accused of conspiring to launder hundreds of millions of dollars through cybercrime schemes. According to a federal affidavit, one of the alleged victims was the client of a New York-based law firm that lost nearly a million dollars in 2019.Abbas was arrested last month by law enforcement officials in the United Arab Emirates and transferred to the US this week by the FBI.

Details:https://t.co/1fZijfahcH#YourSecurityOurHappiness#SmartSecureTogether pic.twitter.com/SflotWAHOA — Dubai Policeشرطة دبي July 2, 2020 Conspirators went after English soccer team, feds sayA criminal complaint filed last month alleges that Abbas and an unnamed person conspired to launder funds from a $14.7 million heist of a foreign financial institution in 2019.Abbas also is accused of conspiring to be part of an attempt to steal $124 million from an English Premier League soccer club. The complaint does not say which team was targeted or if the attempt was successful.

Wow, seen this dude all over my Snapchat. I knew something was up with him lmfao

The Nigerian Prince exploited your greed.

The president of Nigeria is both THE PRESIDENT and the MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS. He has been signing off millions of dollars for the maintenance of refineries that do not refine any oil and couldn't produce even 5% of running cost of one of the refineries. He is the real thief.

We in Nigeria are happy that he was caught and we encourage you to catch as many of our fraudsters as you can. Pray do so.

This is one of the people destroying the image of Nigeria,but the corrupt people in the government are also to be blamed,They caused this.

Hushpuppi, Mr Woodbery lifestyles before they were arrested .

Funny enough 98% of the comments are from Blacks. It shows the Whites didn't even like the CNN coz of their hypocrisy.

If only FBI knows how many more we have in Nigeria... He's just one in millions 🤦🏾‍♂️ We need the FBI to come cleanse this nation, Nigeria.

Baba don destroy our reputation finish

Nigeria scammers go kill us oooo

Hushpuppi would have channel his mental capability to do good. He is now a famous in a wrong way. ChatWithJerry

He isn't Nigeria base. Please cnni let's be guarded just mention is name and his crime that is enough don't attach the name of the country, when you want to mention Dangote now you won't mention Nigeria alongside his name, hypocrite.....

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Nigerian, says it all..sure it was no prince

He don blow

Lol stupid

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U don see am

Not all Nigerians are puppies its just Hushpuppi FYI...

Hilarious...

Why don’t you talk about the Boko haram killings in Nigeria cnn? Why don’t you make that headline news, how the Nigerian government is supporting those killing Christians? Please, CNN cover the genocide that is goingon in Nigeria. Thank you.

It's either heaven or hell Life will always end up and tomorrow can't be sure Godcomment...

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Nigeria has long rep for producing and exporting the most vicious scam artists by the millions. The whole government is run by the mob. It was only a matter of probability this douchebag was gonna be caught.

Idiot!

They are known for this , they can’t really find better jobs out there. We work for them to become rich, jail will teach a lesson.

Nigerians have an entire subculture dedicated to idolizing the scammer lifestyle. Seriously.

Is he the guy who sent me an email about his uncle heritage?

The government prints money out of thin air to pay its bills. The only criminal I see in this story is the IRS.

No way! I thought all his money was legit!

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