Tag: Hushpuppi

Fraud: US Court Dismisses Case Against Hushpuppi’s Accomplice, Woodberry

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A court in the United States has dismissed the case against Olalekan Ponle, a Nigerian accused of multi-million dollar wire fraud. Mr Ponle, popularly known as Woodberry, was arrested, alongside Ramon Abbas (Hushpuppi) in the United Arab Emirate on June 10 for multiple fraud charges after a raid by operatives of the Dubai crime unit. The duo were extradited to the U.S. on July 2. According to the complaint against Mr Ponle, an unnamed Chicago company was tricked into sending wire transfers totalling $15.2 million. Companies based in Iowa, Kansas,…

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Hushpuppi Denied Bail, Court Held He Is A Flight Risk

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Suspected international fraudster, Raymond Abbas, aka Ray Hushpuppi, has been denied bail by the US Northern District of Illinois court. The court ruled that the self-acclaimed billionaire Gucci master, Hushpuppi, who has over 2.5m followers on Instagram, will remain in detention until his trial is done. Hushpuppi will be transported to Los Angeles by the United States Marshall Service and will not be allowed to stay with his girlfriend’s uncle in Homewood, Illinois. The trial is slated to be held in Los Angeles where the case was filed rather than…

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Hushpuppi: FBI Sworn Affidavit As Per Fraud Case

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AFFIDAVIT I, ANDREW JOHN INNOCENTI, being duly sworn, declare and state as follows: I. INTRODUCTION I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and have been so employed since approximately March 2015. I am currently assigned to the Los Angeles Field Office, High-Tech Organized Crime Squad, where I primarily investigate cyber-enabled fraud and business email compromise (“BEC”) schemes. Between approximately August 2015 and December 2018, I was assigned to a cyber-crime squad in the Chicago Field Office, where I investigated cyber-related crimes, including BEC cases. During my…

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