SAN FRANCISCO, September 18, (THEWILL) – The United States government has presented new evidence against alleged cybercriminal and Instagram celebrity, Hushpuppi, who was arrested in UAE over money laundering and cyber fraud allegations.
The evidence which was submitted by an operative of the Federal Bureau of investigations (FBI), John Innocenti, in an affidavit submitted on September 14 with the United States District Court, Central District of California.
In the documents submitted by Innocenti, who specializes in cyber-enabled fraud and Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes, stated that a former affidavit 1 of case No 2:20-mj02992 and an arrest warrant for Hushpuppi for “violation of 18 U.S.C. § l956(h) (conspiracy to Engage in Money Laundering)”.
According to the document, the alleged scammer was accused of using a personal email to register on Whizzlog, a web marketplace meant for buying US bank logs and money laundering.
“In reviewing data from ABASS email address (rayhuspuppi@gmail.com), I found ABBAS registered on a website whizzlog.com (“whizzlog”) which is a marketplace for buying US Bank logs and money laundering,” the officer in charge of the investigations wrote in the document.
“Based on my training and experiences, Cyber criminals refer to bank account login details as bank logs or logs. These details can be purchased on the darkweb or some secret websites only known in cyber criminal circles. The website ABBAS registered with and used is called Whizzlog.com.
“Sophisticated cyber criminals do not use their personal email address in registering on such websites. ABBAS used his personal email to register on the site just like he used his personal email address for other criminal activities and schemes.
“ABBAS email address contained registration confirmation from Whizzlog. It also contained numerous confirmation and receipts of bank logs he purchased.
“One of such messages read, “Your order was successful. You have purchased (“the Financial institution”) banklog with a balance of $9,839,44. Purchase Price: $955. The banklog details “login to your whizzlog account to view.
“From the example above, I observed ABBAS bought a log with a balance of over $9,000 for as low as $900.”
THEWILL reports that Hushpuppi was arrested with 11 others in June over allegations of cyber fraud and money laundering.
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