The Dubai Police have handed over Nigerian Instagram celebrity Hushpuppi to the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation along side Olalekan Ponle aka Woodberry for further investigation.
According to the statement, FBI Director, Christopher Wray, praised the exceptional efforts exerted by the United Arab Emirate, represented by the Dubai Police General HQ, in combating transnational organised cybercrime including the recent arrest of Hushpuppi” and Olalekan Jacob Ponle aka “Woodberry””. The DP revealed that upon the arrest of the Instagram celebrity and other members of his crew, they discovered that fraud worth 1.6 billion dirham (N168bn) had been perpetrated by the gang.
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