Thursday, July 9, 2026

Internet fraudster Ramon Abbas Hushpuppi

November 1, 2023

Purported Internet Fraud: EFCC releases 58 OAU students on bail; faces pressure to free 11 others

An attorney representing the students said they were free on bail following immense public pressure but without stringent conditions.

EFCC operatives used to illustrate the story
November 7, 2022

U.S. Court sentences Hushpuppi to 11 years in prison for Internet fraud, money laundering

The infamous Instagram celebrity was also ordered to pay $1,732,841 in restitution to two fraud victims.

Ramon Abbas
September 14, 2022

Hushpuppi hires Invictus Obi’s lawyer in last-minute push to avoid 11 years in jail 

Mr Abbas’s actions come as his sentencing hearing is slated for September 21.

Hushpuppi
September 8, 2022

Hushpuppi gained 500,000 Instagram followers since arrest; some Nigerians still worshipping him: FBI

“His last post, a photograph of a white Rolls Royce Cullinan from June 6, 2020, has over 100,000 comments, many lionizing him, with some posted today.”

Hushpuppi
September 8, 2022

Hushpuppi says he’s among best bathroom cleaners in prison, begs judge to temper justice with mercy

Hushpuppi’s record seen by Peoples Gazette as part of his memorandum opposing prosecution’s sentencing recommendations showed he performed well and related well with other inmates.

Hushpuppi
September 8, 2022

Abba Kyari operates death squad in Nigeria, he’ll hunt me for exposing him to FBI: Hushpuppi 

Ramon Abbas said his role in the indictment of Mr Kyari, which precipitated the downfall of Nigeria’s most-celebrated police officer, also put his family at grave risk in Nigeria.

Ramon 'Hushpuppi' Abbas and Abba Kyari
September 8, 2022

FBI asks court to sentence Hushpuppi to 11 years with $2.2 million in restitution, fines

It came more than two years after the infamous Internet fraud ringleader was arrested in Dubai in June 2020 for driving multiple schemes that targeted victims in Europe and the United States.

FBI and Hushpuppi
August 13, 2022

EFCC nabs clerics in hotel to pray for Yahoo-Yahoo boys’ cybercrime success

The two clerics were hired and lodged in the hotel to offer spiritual help to the arrested suspects, said EFCC.

EFCC
June 2, 2022

U.S. seeking my extradition for political, racist, punitive reasons: Abba Kyari

Mr Kyari claims the request is racially motivated and pushed to punish him for his past crackdown on crime gangs in Nigeria.

Abba Kyari