Ramon Abbas, known on social media as 'Hushpuppi', has gained a following online after posting extravagant photographs of five-star hotels and luxury cars. The Nigerian, 37, currently resides in Dubai, but after being arrested in the UAE last month he was taken to Chicago to appear in court on Friday. The football club, which has not been named, was also one of the businesses approached. "Abbas and others further conspired to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from other fraudulent schemes and computer intrusions, including one scheme to steal £100m (approximately $124m) from an English Premier League soccer club," the Department of Justice said. "As this case demonstrates, my office will continue to hold such criminals accountable, no matter where they live."

Source: Daily Mirror July 04, 2020 09:37 UTC