The scam game is the new dope game. Shit is lucrative as fuck and it's actually hard for motherfuckas to get caught unless you are out here stunting like Baby on Instagram when everyone knows your Cole ass ain't got no damn job.
Wanted to start a thread of these dumb motherfuckas getting busted when they really didn't have to. It might inspire or it might persuade some of you dumb motherfuckas to keep your 9-5s
Hushpuppie - where he got his scamming methods
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(CNN)A Nigerian social media influencer who flaunted a lavish lifestyle of private jets and luxury cars has been sentenced to 11 years in prison over charges related to a multimillion dollar scam that targeted companies in the United States and overseas.
Ramon Abbas, known to his millions of Instagram followers as Ray Hushpuppi, pleaded guilty in April last year to conspiracy to engage in money laundering. In addition to the prison sentence handed down on Monday, United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II ordered him to pay $1.7 million in restitution to two fraud victims.
It is a spectacular downfall for Abbas, 40, whose June 2020 arrest at his gilded perch in Dubai made headlines worldwide. Before his sentencing, Abbas was held in federal detention in Los Angeles, his once flamboyant social media account gone quiet — despite gaining 500,000 new followers since his arrest.
In a handwritten letter to the judge in September -- the only direct word from him since his arrest -- Abbas detailed his two years in detention.
The three page-long letter addressed the charges against Abbas, and his remorse therefor
The three page-long letter addressed the charges against Abbas, and his remorse therefor
"Since I have been incarcerated, I have had enough time to reflect on the past and I regret letting greed ruin the good name of my family, my blessing and my name," he wrote.
On social media, where Abbas had posted videos of himself tossing wads of cash like confetti, he referred to himself as a real estate developer. But federal investigators said he financed his extravagant lifestyle through online hacking schemes that netted more than $24 million.
Wanted to start a thread of these dumb motherfuckas getting busted when they really didn't have to. It might inspire or it might persuade some of you dumb motherfuckas to keep your 9-5s
Hushpuppie - where he got his scamming methods
A man who flaunted private jets and luxury cars on Instagram gets 11 years in prison for money laundering | CNN
It's a spectacular downfall for the 40-year-old former influencer, whose 2020 arrest in Dubai made headlines worldwide. The charges against Hushpuppi -- whose real name is Ramon Abbas -- related to a multimillion dollar scam that targeted companies in the US and overseas.
(CNN)A Nigerian social media influencer who flaunted a lavish lifestyle of private jets and luxury cars has been sentenced to 11 years in prison over charges related to a multimillion dollar scam that targeted companies in the United States and overseas.
Ramon Abbas, known to his millions of Instagram followers as Ray Hushpuppi, pleaded guilty in April last year to conspiracy to engage in money laundering. In addition to the prison sentence handed down on Monday, United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II ordered him to pay $1.7 million in restitution to two fraud victims.
It is a spectacular downfall for Abbas, 40, whose June 2020 arrest at his gilded perch in Dubai made headlines worldwide. Before his sentencing, Abbas was held in federal detention in Los Angeles, his once flamboyant social media account gone quiet — despite gaining 500,000 new followers since his arrest.
In a handwritten letter to the judge in September -- the only direct word from him since his arrest -- Abbas detailed his two years in detention.
The three page-long letter addressed the charges against Abbas, and his remorse therefor
The three page-long letter addressed the charges against Abbas, and his remorse therefor
"Since I have been incarcerated, I have had enough time to reflect on the past and I regret letting greed ruin the good name of my family, my blessing and my name," he wrote.
On social media, where Abbas had posted videos of himself tossing wads of cash like confetti, he referred to himself as a real estate developer. But federal investigators said he financed his extravagant lifestyle through online hacking schemes that netted more than $24 million.
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