Dubai Police reveals details of the arrest of "Hushpuppi" and his gang

Dubai Police General Command revealed, Thursday, the details of the operation "Fox Hunti 2," during which Raymond lgbalode Abbas, who had been pronounced "Hushpuppi," and Olalekan Jacob Ponle aka nicknamed "Woodberry," along with 10 members of an African gang who committed money laundering and cyber fraud outside the country.

Dubai Police released a video documenting the details of the "Fox Hunt 2" operation, which marks the second blow in less than 4 months, against wanted criminals.

The video showed that the new qualitative operation brought the curtain down on the story of the gang consisting of 12 individuals, and stopped the organized cyber fraud crimes that spread to different parts of the world.

And 6 Dubai police raids stormed the gang's residence at the same time, to succeed in their surprise.

The video clip showed the nature of the man who became famous on the social media sites with the nickname "Hushpuppi," as he boasted about his money and luxury cars, and the nature of the banking fraud and cyber fraud committed by him and his gang.

The video stated: "He boasted of his wealth and possessions on social media under the guise of being a businessman, but what he did not realize is that Dubai Police electronic patrols were putting him under her eyes and following his movements closely, after receiving information about his involvement in fraud and his leadership of an African gang." 

And "a professional team followed the accounts of Hushpuppi and his gang on social media, and the team found that they are professional in creating fake pages on the communication sites with fake names, and claiming that they are children of the velvet class with super rich, to lure their victims for the sake of defrauding them."

.@DubaiPoliceHQ take down "Hushpuppi", "Woodberry", ten international cybercriminals in a special operation dubbed "Fox Hunt 2" pic.twitter.com/SGwhxDWrE8

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) June 25, 2020

The Dubai Police team also found that the gang specialized in hacking corporate e-mail and sending fake messages to their dealers, to change the course of financial transfers to their bank accounts.

The gang members also worked to design and mimic fake pages on the Internet for companies and banks, to steal the victims' credit cards.

And by stopping the Dubai Police for the criminal operations of the gang, it succeeded in deciphering global monument cases amounting to one billion and 600 million dirhams, and the seizure of amounts exceeding 150 million dirhams, and the seizure of 21 computers, 47 smart phones, 15 storage memory and 5 hard disks containing 119 thousand and 580 choice files. 

The addresses of 1,926,400 victims were also revealed, and 13 luxury cars purchased by Hushpuppi and his gang of fraud offences were confiscated, worth 25 million dirhams.