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Hushpuppi with a Rolls-Royce in Dubai. The National
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Ramon Abbas was extradited to the US after his arrest in Dubai in 2020. He was sentenced to 11 years in jail on Monday, November 7, 2022. Photo: Dubai Police
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Hushpuppi posed as a property investor and businessman. Pictures from his Instagram account – which had more than two million followers before it was shut down – showed him landing at Atlantis, The Palm in a helicopter. Photo: Dubai Police
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Police said they had sought Hushpuppi after he was implicated in an online fraud. Photo: Dubai Police
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A police video showed the suspect apparently admitting and explaining how the fraud worked. Photo: Dubai Police
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A police video showed arrests at luxury properties in Dubai. Photo: Dubai Police
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Hushpuppi was arrested along with 11 others, some of whom are pictured here. Photo: Dubai Police
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Officers seized 13 luxury cars worth an estimated Dh25 million ($6.8m). The vehicles had been paid for with victims' money. Photo: Dubai Police
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Hushpuppi with a Rolls-Royce in Dubai. The National
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Ramon Abbas was extradited to the US after his arrest in Dubai in 2020. He was sentenced to 11 years in jail on Monday, November 7, 2022. Photo: Dubai Police
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Hushpuppi posed as a property investor and businessman. Pictures from his Instagram account – which had more than two million followers before it was shut down – showed him landing at Atlantis, The Palm in a helicopter. Photo: Dubai Police
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Police said they had sought Hushpuppi after he was implicated in an online fraud. Photo: Dubai Police
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A police video showed the suspect apparently admitting and explaining how the fraud worked. Photo: Dubai Police
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A police video showed arrests at luxury properties in Dubai. Photo: Dubai Police
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Hushpuppi was arrested along with 11 others, some of whom are pictured here. Photo: Dubai Police
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Officers seized 13 luxury cars worth an estimated Dh25 million ($6.8m). The vehicles had been paid for with victims' money. Photo: Dubai Police
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Hushpuppi with a Rolls-Royce in Dubai. The National
Nigerian Instagram star Hushpuppi aided North Korea hackers, says US
Ramon Abbas, known as Hushpuppi, was extradited from Dubai last year to face money laundering charges in America
Bloomberg
21 February, 2021
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