Even as an inmate in a US prison, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas popularly known as Hush Puppi is reported to have defraud $400k. This he has done through the buying of Economic Impact Payments, EIP.
An agent, who claims to be working under the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the national government of United States has alleged that Instagram celebrity Hushpuppi has received fresh charges as US prosecutors submitted court documents showing that he committed fraud and laundered over $400k while in prison.
The documents which were presented before the United States District Court of California on Wednesday 16th March 2022 showed fresh evidence indicting Hush Puppi of committing fraud and money laundering in U.S Federal correctional facility.
The court documents stated that Hush Puppi, while in U.S Federal correctional facility, participated in the purchase and laundering of Economic Impact Payment debit cards fraudulently obtained from stolen data of U.S citizens and residents.
Economic Impact Payments are financial support offered by the US government to U.S residents according to the CARES Act. One of the ways eligible US residents receive their Economic Impact Payments is by debit cards.
From the documents presented in court, it was found that hackers use data of U.S residents to file and obtain Economic Impact Payments debit cards. They sell off these EIP cards in underground marketplaces to other cyber criminals.
United States authorities said that although prisoners have limited access to telephone, video, internet and computer use because of their right to privacy in a court filing. Like the rest of the detainees, Hushpuppi was granted access to the computer network as well.
However, between January 28 and March 4, 2022, security authorities at a federal prison in the United States noticed that Hushpuppi was using the internet more often.
A dedicated system was setup for Ramon Olorunwa Abbas and his activities were recorded for 7 days.
It was found that Hushpuppi was actively buying EIP debit cards from an underground cyber criminal marketplace called StimulusCard (“https://stimuluscard.com/”).
While being recorded, Hush Puppi bought a total of 58 EIP debit cards with a total value of $429,800 on the site and laundered the money through one.
Hush Puppi it should be noted is already in prison accused and found guilty of cybercrimes and yet he’s be caught on another one for the little time he has had on the internet.
Credit: Vanguard
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