Seems Hushpuppy’s money laundry case is getting worse. Hushpuppy has been allegedly linked to more conspiracy to launder money for North Korean Hackers.
Forbes reports that new evidence has emerged in the case against Nigerian Instagram Celebrity, Ramon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppy.
Ramon Abbas was charged with conspiring to launder millions of dollars through different scams and BEC (Business Email Compromise). This charge was brought against Hushpuppy by The US Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles in July 2020.
According to a statement released by the Justice Department in July, this attack was described as “a $14.7 million cyber-heist from a foreign financial institution.”
On Wednesday, the Justice Department released a statement concerning the nee details about the North Korean money laundry case, they said “North Korean-perpetrated cyber-enabled heist from a Maltese bank in February 2019.” They said this because the date and amount stollen match the amount and date for Malta’s Bank of Valletta in February 2019.
In this new indictment, the Justice Department also stated that Abbas name has been linked to a larger international crime body known as the North Korean military hackers “a series of destructive cyberattacks, to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion of money and cryptocurrency from financial institutions and companies,”
Ramon Abbas name was revealed when, Ghaleb Alaumary, 37, of Ontario, Canada was charged with conspiracy to launder money for the North Korean group to which he pleads guilty.
Ghaleb Alaumary, then named Ramon Abbas as his co-conspirator in the money laundry scheme for the North Korean military hackers.