Dubai Police arrested him, and he is considered one of the most dangerous cyber scammers in the world
Hashpubi admits money laundering and defrauding a Gulf businessman
"Hashpopy" used to put his pictures on his account in "Instagram", next to luxury cars.
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2.4 million followers of "Hashpopy" on "Instagram".
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One of the most dangerous fraudsters and cybercriminals in the world, Ramon Abbas, better known as "Hashpopy", who was arrested by Dubai Police, has admitted to committing a package of crimes, including fraud and money laundering, seizing others' money through deception and hacking e-mail and bank data of people and companies, according to The first statement issued by the US Department of Justice regarding the accused who was received by the United States from the UAE in June of last year.
Dubai Police revealed, after the arrest of Hashpubi in an elaborate operation, called “fox hunting”, the seizure of forged documents used by his gang in electronic fraud operations outside the country, the value of which exceeded one billion and 600 million dirhams, and more than 150 million dirhams were seized in his possession. And luxury cars at about 25 million dirhams.
In detail, "Hashbobi, 38, an Instagram celebrity, with more than 2.4 million followers, admitted to defrauding a Gulf businessman and seizing more than one million dollars from him.
He also admitted to money laundering, through bank accounts opened by his gang in many countries, in addition to hacking e-mail and fraud, causing losses estimated at 100 million dirhams.
He was famous for his life of extravagance and luxury, which aroused the obsession of his fans, and he was always appearing in his private plane, and he owned the most luxurious types of cars, such as Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Bentley, and he even appeared in every car, according to the color of the shirt he wore.
This extravagant life was a dazzling curtain that hides a dark world of a major gang, carrying out extensive fraud in several countries, including the United States and European countries, to the extent that a major competition took place between the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and the authorities of his country in Nigeria over who was arrested before, but the police preceded Dubai everyone, and arrested him, and his gang, in a qualitative operation carried out by six raid teams, and revealed a treasure trove of information, valuables and dangerous secrets.
Several reports confirmed that the arrest of the accused was a heavy blow by all standards, as he has always presented himself as an important businessman and investor, while he is considered one of the most dangerous electronic fraud criminals.
After his arrest, Dubai Police announced that Hashpubi is accused with his gang of fraudulently seizing the money of others, money laundering crimes outside the country, hacking websites and electronic accounts, and impersonating others, for the purpose of electronic fraud, in addition to bank fraud, theft of victims' identities, and their use in Electronic fraud crimes.
The Director of the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation, Brigadier General Jamal Al-Jallaf, stated that the electronic investigation team was able to follow up on all members of the gang, and verify their criminal acts, represented in creating counterfeit pages on communication sites with fake names, penetrating corporate email, and sending fake messages to those who deal with them. Thus, they were able to change the path of remittances to their own bank accounts, in addition to their work on designing and imitating fake pages on the Internet, for companies and banks, to steal the credit card data of the victims, seize their money, and then launder these stolen funds.
He added that the Dubai Police developed a plan to raid the gang members after determining their places of residence, as six teams took over the raid at zero hour, and arrested all of them, and found in their residence huge amounts of information about people, companies, bank accounts and credit cards, as well as documents documenting operations Money laundering, electronic fraud, and account hacking of victims outside the country.
He revealed that the arrest of the gang contributed to the seizure of forged documents in electronic fraud operations outside the country, which exceeded one billion and 600 million dirhams, in addition to seizing amounts exceeding 150 million dirhams, and 21 computers, 47 smart phones, and 15 storage memories were found in their residence. Five hard disks, containing 119,580 fraud files, addresses of 1,926,400 victims, and the confiscation of 13 luxury cars purchased by the gang from money laundering and electronic fraud crimes, valued at 25 million dirhams.
The Hashpubi gang used forged papers in fraud operations of 1.6 billion dirhams.
Dubai Police arrested him in a qualitative operation called "fox hunting".
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