authorities would seek his extradition from Nigeria. Investigators seized nearly 41 million, 13 luxury cars worth 6.8 million, and phone and computer evidence, Dubai. Attorney's Office said an arrest warrant against Kyari had been issued in the United States. He worked with multiple co-conspirators and was arrested along with 11 others. To his 2.5 million Instagram followers, he went by Ray Hushpuppi, a man who boarded helicopters from his Dubai waterfront apartment and walked around with shopping bags from Gucci, Versace and. In his Facebook post, Kyari denied taking money from Hushpuppi and gave a different account of his dealings with the fraudster.Ī spokesman for the U.S. Kyari was alleged to have taken money from Hushpuppi as payment for arranging for one of his accomplices to be locked up in Nigeria after a dispute among the conspirators. The newly unsealed federal grand jury indictment details a scheme whereby Hushpuppi and his accomplices allegedly faked the financing of a Qatari school by playing the roles of bank officials. custody in Los Angeles ever since, and the Attorney's Office announced this week that he had pleaded guilty to charges relating to schemes that cumulatively caused more than $24 million in losses to their victims. Hushpuppi, whose real name is Ramon Abbas and who built up a large social media following in Nigeria with posts detailing his lavish lifestyle, was extradited from Dubai to the United States in July 2020 to face criminal charges. Nigeria has long struggled to control the problem of financial scams, often perpetrated by email and involving complex webs of deceit. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Register
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