Upon his arrival in the United States on Jhe was accused of conspiring to launder 'hundreds of millions of dollars'. Many viewed the song as a prophetic warning that was fulfilled with his arrest. The song contained lyrics directed toward Abbas indirectly accusing him of being a swindler and lavishing his money on designer clothes instead of investing in profitable ventures and warning him that he would soon be caught by authorities. He is the subject of a 2017 song 'Telli Person' by Nigerian singer Timaya featuring Olamide and Phyno, with whom he had a long-running feud.
Ĭiting interviews with old neighbours of Abbas, TheCable.ng reported that Abbas had a reputation as a 'Yahoo boy' a local name for a cybercriminal, was not supported by his mother, had not lifted any of his old friends from poverty, and had ignored multiple warnings regarding his lifestyle.
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Hushpuppi's close associate, Mompha once revealed that his dad is still a cab driver in Lagos. Abbas prided himself on his humble beginnings. Many news platforms have reported that Abbas was once a second-hand clothes seller in Lagos. The arrest was part of an FBI investigation that indicted him as being a 'key player' in a transnational cybercrime network that provided "safe havens for stolen money around the world."
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On the night his apartment at the Palazzo Versace was raided in an operation code-named Fox Hunt 2, Abbas was arrested alongside eleven others in six simultaneous raids, detectives seized more than 150 million dirham (about $40 million) in cash, 13 luxury cars worth Dh 25 million ($7M), 21 laptops, 47 smartphones, 15 memory storage devices, 5 external hard drives and 800,000 emails of potential victims alongside suitcases full of cash.
He also holds a passport from St Kitts and Nevis. He claimed to be a real estate developer. Ramon Abbas, commonly known as Hushpuppi, Hush, or Ray Hushpuppi (born October 11, 1982) is a Nigerian man who is facing criminal charges in the United States for conspiracy to launder money obtained from business email compromise frauds and other scams, including schemes that defrauded a US law firm of about $40 million, illegally transferred $14.7 million from a foreign financial institution, and targeted to steal $124 million from an English football club until his arrest by the Dubai Police in June 2020 and his extradition to the United States, Ībbas posted pictures and videos of his lavish spending on exotic cars, watches, designer clothes, bags from expensive brands like Gucci, Fendi, and Louis Vuitton and of himself boarding helicopters, with celebrities, footballers, and Nigerian politicians or while on charter jets.
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