Hushpuppi In Fresh FBI Trouble,Linked With North Korean Bank Robbers
Nigerian Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a.k.a Hushpuppi, now incarcerated in California as he awaits trial for cyber fraud,he was linked today by the FBI to North Korean hackers, said to be the biggest bank robbers in the world.
Abbas’ criminal trial was due to be heard in late 2020, before the pandemic forced a delay.
On Wednesday Abbas’ name emerged among details of a larger international criminal conspiracy involving so-called North Korean military hackers,they involved in “a series of destructive cyberattacks, to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion of money and cryptocurrency from financial institutions and companies,” according to the Justice Department statement on the new indictment.
His role was as a collaborator with a North Korean money launderer, Ghaleb Alaumary, based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
The 37 year-old Alaumary was one of the people charged today by the FBI for many criminal schemes. The others are three North Koreans.
“Alaumary agreed to plead guilty to the charge, which was filed in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Nov. 17, 2020”, according to the statement.
