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Hushpuppi: US Cybercrime Expert Says Circulating Document Is Fake
US cybercrime expert, Gary Warner has refuted the circulating document indicting Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi.
Hushpuppi in the document, is being linked to a supposed $400,000 money laundering scheme from a prison in the United States.
iexclusivenews reports that according to Gary, the circulating document is “fake and intended to get people to visit a scammer EIP website”.
Abbas was accused of purchasing Economic Impact Payments (EIP) debit cards and using them to launder more than $400,000.
iexclusive News Nigeria reports that Hushpuppi is currently incarcerated in a California prison on money laundering charges.
RELATED: How Hushpuppi Used FBI Computer To Commit $400k Fraud Inside Prison
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This online news outlet gathered that according to the documents leaked on Thursday. Andrew John Innocenti, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) told a US Magistrate Court Wednesday, that Abbas continued his illegal internet operations while incarcerated.
According to the lawsuit, Abbas purchased 36 virtual EIP cards and 22 actual EIP cards, each of which included stolen information of US citizens and residents.
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He then allegedly worked with a someone named ‘AJ’ to use these cards at ATMs and online businesses, with Abbas allegedly advising ‘AJ’ which things to buy.
However, Warner, the Director of Computer Forensics Research at the University of Alabama in the United States, refuted the assertions.
Writing on Twitter: “People are asking me if it is true that #Hushpuppi laundered $400,000 in #Stimulus cards from in prison.
The document they show is an edit of a June 2020 Affidavit. The new version is fake, intended to get people to visit a scammer EIP website.”
