How A Nigerian Influencer ‘Kidnapped’ By The FBI Might Have Stolen €13 Million From A Maltese Bank
Last year Bank of Valletta was robbed of €13 million in an unprecedented cyber-heist and this Gucci-wearing, private jet flying Nigerian Instagram lord could have been behind it all.
Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, known to his 2.5 million-strong Instagram followers as “Hushpuppi”, was kidnapped from his Dubai apartment two weeks ago in a joint effort with the FBI and Dubai Police.
.@DubaiPoliceHQ take down “Hushpuppi”, “Woodberry”, ten international cybercriminals in a special operation dubbed “Fox Hunt 2” pic.twitter.com/SGwhxDWrE8
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) June 25, 2020
A few days later, Hushpuppi along with his accomplice Olalekan Jacob Ponle aka “Mr Woodberry” appeared in a Chicago courtroom where they’ll face a lengthy trial for money laundering in American courts.
And in a surprising twist of events, an affidavit claims that Hushpuppi stole $14.7m or €13m from a foreign financial institution in a major cyber-heist in February last year…
… the same amount that coincidentally was stolen from BOV that same month.
While three men from the UK have been arrested in relation to the cyber-heist, it became clear that a transnational network of cybercriminals orchestrated the attack on BOV with Hushpuppi and Mr Woodbery forming an integral part of it.
BOV never relocated the €13m that went missing but after one look at Hushpuppi’s Instagram account, we’ve got a pretty good idea of where it might have gone…
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Hushpuppi’s elaborate and lavish lifestyle appears to be the product of years of money laundering and cyber-attacks orchestrated from his safe haven in Dubai. Victims of the attack are said to be an unnamed English Premier League football club, BOV and a US law firm – hence the interjection by the FBI.
And just like that, the untouchable Instagram millionaire will face the mighty hammer of the US judicial system.
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