Crime
HUSHPUPPI: What cyber expert said about Abbas’ ‘new’ stunt from prison
Gary Warner, an American cybercrime expert, has discredited the document claiming the international Internet fraudster Ramon Abbas aka, Hushpuppi carried out another scheme to the tune of $400,000 in prison.
The news was widely reported on Thursday
Warner, the Director of Research in Computer Forensics at the University of Alabama, said that the document was an edited version of a June 2020 affidavit.
On his Twitter page, Warner disclosed that the new version of the document “was intended to get people to visit a scammer EIP website.”
“People are asking me if it is true that #Hushpuppi laundered $400,000 in #Stimulus cards from in prison.
“The document they show is an edit of a June 2020 Affidavit. The new version is fake, intended to get people to visit a scammer EIP website.”
Hushpuppi trial has been postponed from February to July 11.
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