According to recent findings by the FBI, Nigerian Instagram star, Hushpuppi and his gang of fraudsters were responsible for a £2m scam of Italian Serie A team Lazio.
In 2018, Lazio reportedly fell for an email scam and paid €2 million of the final instalment for defender Stefan de Vrij’s transfer from Dutch club Feyenoord to fraudsters.
Lazio received an email that appeared to be from the Dutch champions asking for the €2 million along with bank account details and duly sent the money.
But Feyenoord never received the cash and claim to have no knowledge of the email.
The infamous scam has finally been solved after Hushpuppi and gang were found responsible for diverting the payment.
Brila FM sports radio who reported the news, wrote:
“The FBI has revealed that it was Ray Hushpuppi and his gang who were responsible for the £2m scam perpetuated on SS Lazio in a payment intended for Feyenoord for Stephan de Vrij.
The infamous scam from 2018 has finally been resolved.”
See tweet below:
Hushpuppi, born Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, was arrested last month by law enforcement officials in the United Arab Emirates and transferred to the US this week by the FBI.
Prosecutors allege Hushpuppi is one of the leaders of a global network that uses computer intrusions, business email compromise (BEC) schemes and money laundering capers to steal hundreds of millions of dollars.
