criminal complaint <\/a>filed before the United States District Court for the Central District of California that \u201cbeginning no later than October 15, 2019, and continuing through at least October 17, 2019, in the county of
Los Angeles, in the Central District of California, and elsewhere, the defendant conspired to launder proceeds
fraudulently obtained from a law firm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nHushpuppi was arrested in a Dubai hotel in June and was extradited to US on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DOJ said he arrived in Chicago on Thursday evening and made his initial U.S. court appearance on Friday morning in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He will \u201ctransferred to Los Angeles in the coming weeks,\u201d DoJ said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DoJ said according to the criminal complaint filed on June 25 by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles against him alleged that Hushpuppi and others committed a BEC scheme that defrauded a client of a New York-based law firm out of approximately $922,857 in October 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hushpuppi and co-conspirators allegedly \u201ctricked one of the law firm\u2019s paralegals into wiring money intended for the client\u2019s real estate refinancing to a bank account that was controlled by Abbas and the co-conspirators,\u201d DoJ statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It said schemes also targeted a U.S. law firm, a foreign bank and an English Premier League soccer club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe affidavit also alleges that Abbas conspired to launder funds stolen in a $14.7 million cyber-heist from a foreign financial institution in February 2019, in which the stolen money was sent to bank accounts around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abbas allegedly provided a co-conspirator with two bank accounts in Europe that Abbas anticipated each would receive \u20ac5 million (about $5.6 million) of the fraudulently obtained funds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAbbas and others further conspired to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from other fraudulent schemes and computer intrusions, including one scheme to steal \u00a3100 million (approximately $124 million) from an English Premier League soccer club, the complaint alleges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was a challenging case, one that spanned international boundaries, traditional financial systems and the digital sphere,\u201d said Jesse Baker, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service, Los Angles Field Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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