An agent, who claims to be working under the Federal Bureau
of Investigation of the national government of United States has alleged that
Instagram celebrity Hushpuppi 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 2022 showed fresh evidence
indicting HushPuppi of committing fraud and money laundering in U.S Federal
correctional facility.
The court 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. One of the ways
eligible US residents receive their Economic Impact Payments is by debit cards.
From the documents presented in court, it was found that
hackers use data of U.S residents to file and obtain Economic Impact Payments
debit cards. They sell off these EIP cards in underground marketplaces to other
cyber criminals.
United States authorities said that although prisoners have
limited access to telephone, video, internet and computer use because of their
right to privacy in a court filing. Like the rest of the detainees, Hushpuppi
was granted access to the computer network as well.
However, between January 28 and March 4, 2022, security
authorities at a federal prison in the United States noticed that Hushpuppi was
using the internet more often.
A dedicated system was setup for him and his activities were
recorded for 7 days.
It was found that Hushpuppi was actively buying EIP debit
cards from an underground cyber criminal marketplace called StimulusCard
(“https://stimuluscard.com/”). While being recorded, Hushpuppi 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.
See screenshots of
documents below:
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