Update: Hushpuppi And His Gang Were Arrested For Hacking And Impersonating Unemployed US Citizens To STEAL Their Government Money

Nigerian born, Dubai based magnate Raymond Igbalodely affectionately known as Ray Hushpuppi was not arrested for diverting Covid-19 funds in the tune of $35 million but rather hacking and impersonating unemployed US citizens to steal their government money.

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TheInfoNG reports that Daily Mail made a publication some month ago, that the Secret Service was investigating a crime ring of suspected Nigerians whose job is to break into the personal information of citizens and use factitious unemployment claims to steal hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars reserved to help jobless American people.

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Apparently, the group were being monitored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation following the massive increment of unemployment fraud in the system and Investigative journalist Kreb’s memo which alleged that the crime ring is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis by flooding overwhelmed state unemployment offices with fake claims in the names of Americans who are still working.

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The memo, further details that a ‘substantial amount of the fraudulent benefits’ have used information stolen from ‘first responders, government personnel and school employees.’ Washington DC, is said to be a hotspot for the group to operate. In view of this, there has been a a halt on payment of benefits for properr checks and investigations to be done.