Hushpuppi and
associates were wanted for fraud in Europe, the US, and Nigeria.
Federal
Bureau of Investigation, FBI has commended Dubai Police for arresting and
extraditing Nigerian Yahoo-Yahoo big boy, Raymond Igbalode Abbas, known as
‘Hushpuppi’ and his close associate, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, also known as
Woodberry, to the United States for allegedly defrauding almost two million
people.
This was
revealed in a statement by the Dubai Police on Thursday after sending Hushpuppi
and Woodberry ‘Hushpuppi’ to the US state of Pennsylvania after week of their
arrest.
In June, the
Dubai Police had arrested Hushpuppi, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, known as
‘Woodberry’,along with ten African cybercriminals in a special operation dubbed
“Fox Hunt 2”.
The operation
took down the suspects for committing crimes outside the UAE, including
money-laundering, cyber fraud, hacking, criminal impersonating, scamming
individuals, banking fraud and identity theft.
The suspects
were caught in a series of synchronised raids by six SWAT teams from Dubai
Police who foiled the gang’s bid to deceive many people from around the world
and steal their money.
The director
of Dubai CID, Brigadier Jamal Salem Al Jallaf said the raid resulted in
confiscating incriminating documents of a planned fraud on a global scale worth
AED 1.6 billion ($ 435 million).
Out of all
the suspects arrested with Hushpuppi, Woodberry is perhaps another high profile
person. He was known to be stupendously rich without a visible source of his
wealth.
Woodberry is
less open with his wealth. However, in March of 2019, he announced that he
acquired a twin collection of 2019 edition of Lamborghini Urus at over $200,000
and the 2019 Rolls Royce black badge dawn.
#News | FBI thanks Dubai Police for arresting and extraditing "Hushpuppi” and "Woodberry"— Dubai Policeشرطة دبي (@DubaiPoliceHQ) July 2, 2020
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