An Instagram super-star with 2.3 million followers has been extradited to America accused of conspiring to launder hundreds of millions of dollars obtained via cyber-crime. He faces up to 20 years behind bars if convicted.
Nigerian-born Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a 37-year-old known as Hushpuppi on Instagram and The Billionaire Gucci Master!!! on Snapchat, was charged in Los Angeles, California, with one count of conspiracy to engage in money laundering. He was nabbed and hauled off to the States after the FBI, armed with warrants, tracked him down to his opulent pad in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) via his social media, iCloud, and Gmail accounts.
Abbas arrived in the US on Thursday, and is being held in Chicago. He is expected to arrive in LA to appear in court "in the coming weeks."
