Finally, Instagram pulls down Hushpuppi’s account

Instagram has deactivated the verified account of the suspected internet fraudster, Abbas Ramoni, popularly known as Hushpuppi who is currently been tried in the United States for fraud-related activities. The PUNCH had reported that Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai by a joint team of Dubai Police and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation in June 2020 for alleged fraud on different victims, including American citizens. Hushpuppi was then extradited and charged with multiple counts of hacking, impersonation, scamming banking fraud, and identity theft. Meanwhile, the suspected internet fraudster’s account…

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You can’t extradite Abba Kyari, Abuja court declines FG’s request

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out a Federal Government request to extradite the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States of America, USA, to face trial over his alleged involvement with a notorious internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. The court, on Monday, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that the extradition application FG filed through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, was “incompetent and…

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Abba Kyari: Suspense as IGP rejects Police panel report

The inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Usman Baba has rejected the report of the Special Investigation Panel which he set up on August 1 to probe the alleged involvement of Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police in shady deals with the alleged fraudster, Hushpuppi. “The panel concluded its investigation and submitted its report to the IG last Thursday or Friday but the IG rejected it. He was not comfortable with the panel findings and recommendations because it was too lenient on Kyari.” A source told The Punch. Kyari, was until…

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