Instagram celebrity Hushpuppi has proved to be the most hardworking man on earth. Being behind bars has not stopped him from carrying out his illegal business.
The super fraudster has received fresh charges as US prosecutors submitted court documents showing that he committed fraud and laundered over $400k while in prison.
The documents which were presented before the United States District Court of California on Wed 16th March, showed fresh evidence indicting HushPuppi of committing fraud and money laundering in U.S Federal correctional facility.
The documents stated that Hushpuppi, while in U.S Federal correctional facility, participated in the purchase and laundering of Economic Impact Payment debit cards fraudulently obtained from stolen data of U.S citizens and residents. Economic Impact Payments are financial support offered by the US government to U.S residents according to the CARES Act.
Also, the prosecutors mentioned that inmates are allowed access to phone calls, video calls, the internet, and computers with limited usage. But they are not monitored because they have a right to their privacy. And Hushpuppi received this access like other inmates.
However, between 28th Jan and 4th Mar 2022, security officers at the US Federal correctional facility, observed more usage of the internet by Hushpuppi. Knowing that Hushpuppi was arrested for internet related crimes, they obtained a warrant to record Hushpuppi activities. A dedicated system was setup for him and his activities were recorded for 7 days.
It was found that he was actively buying EIP debit cards from an underground cyber criminal marketplace called StimulusCard. While being recorded, he bought a total of 58 EIP debit cards with a total value of $429,800 on the site and laundered the money through one AJ.
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By Wanjiru Mbaru