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                    "date": "2022-12-22T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "Described by the FBI as \"one of the most prolific money launderers in the world,\" Ramon Doe John was found guilty of laundering money from various online crimes, including bank cyberheists and business email compromise schemes. In addition to facilitating these online scams, John laundered funds stolen from a bank in Malta and a professional UK football club. According to court documents, John and his co-conspirator placed the stolen funds through a Mexican bank account that \"could handle millions and not block\" the deposits.",
                    "title": "2022 in Review: Key Financial Crime Moments | ComplyAdvantage",
                    "url": "https://complyadvantage.com/insights/2022-in-review-key-financial-crime-moments/"
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                    "date": "2022-12-31T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "He was also ordered to pay $1,732,841 in restitution to two fraud victims. According to prosecutors, John and a Canadian man laundered money through various online crimes, including bank cyberheists and business email. James Brown sex tape",
                    "title": "2022 in retrospect: 10 top stories in entertainment industry - Daily Post Nigeria",
                    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2022/12/31/2022-in-retrospect-10-top-stories-in-entertainment-industry/?amp=1"
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                {
                    "date": "2021-08-12T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), America's federal police and counterintelligence agency whose investigation into the activities of suspected Nigerian internet fraudster, Ramon Johns popularly known as ''Hushpuppi\" and which yielded information about the involvement of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari in the case, has as its motto, ''Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity''. The motto coincides with the initials of the agency.",
                    "title": "Abba Kyari: The FBI angle - Daily Trust",
                    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/abba-kyari-the-fbi-angle/"
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                {
                    "date": "2022-02-15T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "Mr Malami said the application followed a request by the US government. Mr Kyari was suspended from Nigerian police service in August 2021 over an alleged link to an internet celebrity John Ramon alias Hushpuppi, who has pleaded guilty to money laundering in the US. Read",
                    "title": "Africa Live: Hungary to absorb Ghanaian students from Ukraine - BBC News",
                    "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-60392223"
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                {
                    "date": "2020-07-27T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "The last one month has witnessed a celebration of crime and corruption in Nigeria, from Ramoni Doe John, aka Ray Hushpuppi, to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which the President supervises as Minister of Petroleum Resources, to the Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, and the leadership of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and everything in between. With each revelation, my mind would go to MC Edo Pikin, the talented and creative comedian who has popularised skits that compare absurd topics and situations.",
                    "title": "Between Hushpuppi And Hushpoliticians By Chido Onumah | Sahara Reporters",
                    "url": "http://saharareporters.com/2020/07/27/between-hushpuppi-and-hushpoliticians-chido-onumah"
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                {
                    "date": "2022-08-29T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "The COVID-19 pandemic aside, one of the most shocking events of the year 2020 was the arrest of Nigerian social media personality and influencer Ramon John, more popularly known as Hushpuppi. On 29th July 2021, Forbes reported that John had pleaded guilty in a California court to money laundering and other business email schemes that cost his victims nearly US$24million. Reporting on the activities and series of events that led to the case of United States of America v. Ramon Doe John, Bloomberg writer Evan Ratcliffe writes that Hushpuppi engaged in activities known as 'business email compromise', or BEC attack[1].",
                    "title": "Business e-mail compromise and you - The Business & Financial Times",
                    "url": "https://thebftonline.com/2022/08/29/business-e-mail-compromise-and-you/"
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                {
                    "date": "2020-07-23T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "ADVERTISEMENT The recent arrest of instagram celebrity, Ramon John Doe, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has widely been reported both in Nigerian and international media. Hushpuppi was arrested last month together with Jacob Olalekan Ponle (Woodberry) and ten others in Dubai at a luxury apartment in a joint international Cybercrime operation by the Dubai Police, FBI and Interpol.",
                    "title": "Combating Cybercrime: The time to do more – Daily Trust",
                    "url": "https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/combating-cybercrime-the-time-to-do-more.html"
                },
                {
                    "date": "2021-04-26T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "The compendium covers some of verified cases with the most recent updates featuring reportage of a total number of 100 high profile case of corruption most of which are current. It also reveals the complicity of key Nigerian stakeholders in the PSID failed contract and the emergence of young Nigerian internet fraudsters like Ramon John Igbalode, Alias Hushpuppi and Ismaila Mustapha alias Mompha that have further put Nigeria to international ridicule in terms of corruption perception. These are in addition to the several existing and new high profile corruption cases involving politically exposed persons.",
                    "title": "Corruption: Nigeria loses over $15 billion to illicit financial flow annually – HEDA",
                    "url": "https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/04/corruption-nigeria-loses-over-15-billion-to-illicit-financial-flow-annually-heda/amp/"
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                {
                    "date": "2021-08-01T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "Nigerians and the rest of the world are waiting with breathless anticipation as the case unravels bit by bit in a California court. The otherwise untarnished police chief has been accused by an international fraudster, Ramon Doe John aka Hushpuppi of receiving bribe money from him. And not only that the super cop was on the take but he also put away his co-fraudster, Vincent Kelly Chibuzor, for constituting an unnecessary obstacle to an ongoing business deal.",
                    "title": "DCP Abba Kyari: A Model Police Officer Turned Bad?",
                    "url": "https://thewillnews.com/dcp-abba-kyari-a-model-police-officer-turned-bad/"
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                    "date": "2022-01-29T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "The FBI also alleged that the embattled social media celebrity sent money to Kyari via a third person bank account and hosted him in his Dubai apartment. According to the US Department of Justice, a criminal complaint initiated the prosecution of Hushpuppi in February as court documents showed that John, 37, pleaded guilty on April 20. The United States Attorney's Office, Central District of California, had issued an arrest warrant against Kyari.",
                    "title": "Disgraced Cop, Abba Kyari, Obi Cubana Attend Wedding Of Inspector-General Of Police's Son In Borno | Sahara Reporters",
                    "url": "http://saharareporters.com/2022/01/29/disgraced-cop-abba-kyari-obi-cubana-attend-wedding-inspector-general-polices-son-borno"
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                    "date": "2022-08-26T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "Nigerian internet fraudster, Ramon Johns, better known as Hushpuppi, will be sentenced on September 21, 2022, according to the United States Attorney's Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles. This was made known to Channels Television in a mail on Friday by the court's Director of Media Relations, Thom Mroze.",
                    "title": "Hushpuppi To Be Sentenced On September 21 – Independent Newspaper Nigeria",
                    "url": "https://independent.ng/hushpuppi-to-be-sentenced-on-september-21/"
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                {
                    "date": "2022-10-04T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "19 pm John Ramon, alias Hushpuppi, who is awaiting sentencing by a United States court, has pledged to refund $1.7 million in restitution to the victims of his fraudulent schemes. This, the Nigerian Instagram celebrity said, was despite that he only benefitted $300,000 from the crimes.",
                    "title": "Hushpuppi pledges to refund $1.7 million in restitution to his victims - Xtra News",
                    "url": "https://www.xtra.net/news/nigeria/hushpuppi-pledges-refund-1-7-restitution-victims/amp"
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                {
                    "date": "2023-04-14T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "Olalekan Jacob Ponle, a Dubai-based socialite and close associate of famous Nigerian Instagram influencer and convicted felon Ramon Doe John, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has pleaded guilty to fraud charges against him in United States Court. Olalekan Ponle, commonly known as Woodberry, agreed to forfeit $8 million in proceeds of the fraudulent scheme known as business email compromise (BEC).",
                    "title": "Hushpuppi's associate, Woodberry pleads guilty to fraud, forfeits $8m assets - Daily Post Nigeria",
                    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2023/04/14/hushpuppis-associate-woodberry-pleads-guilty-to-fraud-forfeits-8m-assets/?amp=1"
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                    "date": "2021-08-18T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "IGP Alkali Baba, following an indictment by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Abba Kyari mandated a four-man panel to probe allegations of Kyari's alleged involvement in a $1.1m Internet fraud. The fraud was allegedly perpetrated by John Ramon Doe, popularly known as Ray Hushpuppi. Kyari following the indictment was suspended as the panel began its probe two weeks ago.",
                    "title": "Hushpuppi: Police Give Update On Abba Kyari's Investigation",
                    "url": "https://onlinenigeria.com/stories/214071-hushpuppi-police-give-update-on-abba-kyaris-investigation.html"
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                    "date": "2022-11-03T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "Instagram has revealed why it deactivated the verified account of the suspected Nigerian internet fraudster, John Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi, who is currently being tried in the United States for fraud-related activities. KanyiDaily recalls that Instagram recently disabled the Hushpuppi's account, two years after he was arrested for fraudulent activities and money laundering in Dubai, where he lived, in June 2020.",
                    "title": "Instagram Reveals Why It Deactivated Hushpuppi's Account, Two Years After His Arrest",
                    "url": "https://onlinenigeria.com/stories/291183-instagram-reveals-why-it-deactivated-hushpuppis-account-two-years-after-his-arrest.html"
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                {
                    "date": "2021-08-01T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the suspension of the Head, Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, over his alleged link to Instagram influencer and suspected fraudster, Ramon Johns popularly known as Hushpuppi. Hushpuppi perpetrated a $1.1 million Qatari school fraud being handled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States.",
                    "title": "JUST-IN: PSC Approves Abba Kyari's Suspension Over FBI Indictment",
                    "url": "https://leadership.ng/just-in-psc-approves-abba-kyaris-suspension-over-fbi-indictment/amp/?fbclid=IwAR2j3rRVg0vIEK2pnZH5IRibUIHUyPaRcCN05qOxHF_L04ylMvs2fzOotgI"
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                    "date": "2021-08-01T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "He said he was told by EFCC to delete his social media page and maintain a low profile after the incident. Ramon Johns aka Hushpuppi was arrested by the FBI in Dubai and is facing criminal charges in the United States of conspiracy to launder money obtained through fraud. However, Mompha said Hushpuppi's downfall came as a result of his stubbornness and high-handedness.",
                    "title": "Mompha: What EFCC told me after Hushpuppi's arrest - Xtra News",
                    "url": "https://www.xtra.net/news/nigeria/mompha-efcc-told-hushpuppis-arrest"
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                {
                    "date": "2020-08-21T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "A new video by The Richest, a media platform has revealed details of how instagram celebrity, John Ramoni Igbalode exposed himself on social media before being nabbed by the FBI. The documentary revealed that John Ramoni Igbalode who is popularly known as Hushpuppi will likely be spending over 25 years in jail if he is eventually convicted Hushpuppi was said to be holding over $40 million USD in cash when he was arrested at his Palazo Versace residence in Dubai.",
                    "title": "New Documentary Shows How FBI Seized Over $40 Million USD From Hushpuppi (Video)",
                    "url": "https://onlinenigeria.com/stories/125391-new-documentary-shows-how-fbi-seized-over-40-million-usd-from-hushpuppi-video.html"
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                    "date": "2022-03-03T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "The Nigerian Government has started the extradition process of top policeman Abba Kyari accused by the United States of colluding with known fraudster John Doe, also known as Hushpuppi, to carry out fraudulent activities. Kyari is a well-decorated Deputy Commissioner in the Nigeria Police Force.",
                    "title": "Nigeria begins extradition of Abba Kyari to US - Xtra News",
                    "url": "https://www.xtra.net/news/nigeria/nigeria-extradition-abba-kyari"
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                {
                    "date": "2022-03-03T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "The Nigerian Government has started the extradition process of top policeman Abba Kyari accused by the United States of colluding with known fraudster John Doe, also known as Hushpuppi, to carry out fraudulent activities",
                    "title": "Nigeria begins extradition of top cop Abba Kyari to US - Guardian Nigeria News",
                    "url": "http://guardian.ng/nigeria-begins-extradition-of-top-cop-abba-kyari-to-us/"
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                    "date": "2022-03-18T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "\"Between January 28, 2022 and March 4, 2022, security officers at US federal correctional facility, Central District of California, observed more frequent usage of the Internet by John. With the knowledge that the crimes John committed which he is being charged for are all Internet related crimes, security officers were concerned and informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation. \"On March 7, we obtained a federal search warrant issued by Central District of California to monitor and record John intent activities.\"",
                    "title": "Nigeria: 'Court Document' Accusing Hushpuppi of Fresh $400,000 Fraud Is Fake - U.S. Attorney-General's Office - allAfrica.com",
                    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202203180073.html"
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                    "date": "2020-07-29T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "But it does appear it has been given some veneer of legality in the last two decades. The last one month has witnessed a celebration of crime and corruption in Nigeria, from Ramoni Doe John, aka Ray Hushpuppi, to the minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the management of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which the president supervises as minister of Petroleum Resources, to the minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, and the leadership of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), to the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and everything in between. With each revelation, my mind would go to Mc Edo Pikin, the talented and creative comedian who has popularised skits that compare absurd topics and situations.",
                    "title": "Nigeria: Between Hushpuppi and Hushpoliticians - allAfrica.com",
                    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202007290168.html"
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                    "date": "2021-04-27T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "The compendium covers some of verified cases with the most recent updates featuring reportage of a total number of 100 high profile case of corruption most of which are current. It also reveals the complicity of key Nigerian stakeholders in the PSID failed contract and the emergence of young Nigerian internet fraudsters like Ramon John Igbalode, Alias Hushpuppi and Ismaila Mustapha alias Mompha that have further put Nigeria to international ridicule in terms of corruption perception. These are in addition to the several existing and new high profile corruption cases involving politically exposed persons.",
                    "title": "Nigeria: Corruption - Nigeria Loses Over $15 Billion to Illicit Financial Flow Annually - HEDA - allAfrica.com",
                    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202104270032.html"
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                    "date": "2022-10-05T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "John Ramon, alias Hushpuppi, who is awaiting sentencing by a United States court, has pledged to refund $1.7 million in restitution to the victims of his fraudulent schemes. This, the Nigerian Instagram celebrity said, was despite that he only benefitted $300,000 from the crimes.",
                    "title": "Nigeria: I'll Pay Back $1.7million Restitution Despite Benefitting Only $300,000 - Hushpuppi",
                    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202210050002.html"
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                {
                    "date": "2022-10-20T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "The suit was adjourned until October 20 for continuation of trial. Mr Kyari was suspendedlast year by police authorities after he was charged in the United States over his alleged link to an internet fraud involving John Ramon, aka Hushpuppi. But another federal judge, Inyang Ekwo, in Abuja, has dismissed Nigeria's Attorney-General's request to extradite Mr Kyari's to the US.",
                    "title": "Nigeria: NDLEA's Witness Reveals Result of Laboratory Test On Cocaïne Exhibit Linked to Abba Kyari - allAfrica.com",
                    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202210200064.html"
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                    "date": "2022-11-09T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "A prolific international fraudster who conspired to launder tens of millions of dollars through a series of online scams and flaunted his luxurious, crime-funded lifestyle on social media was sentenced today to 135 months in federal prison. Ramon Doe John, a 40-year-old Nigerian national, also known by his Instagram handle, \"Ray Hushpuppi,\" was sentenced by United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II, who also ordered John to pay $1,732,841 in restitution to two fraud victims. John pleaded guilty in April 2021 to one count of conspiracy to engage in money laundering.",
                    "title": "Nigerian man sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison for conspiring to launder tens of millions of dollars from scams - Santa Monica Daily Press",
                    "url": "https://smdp.com/news/nigerian-man-sentenced-to-over-11-years-in-federal-prison-for-conspiring-to-launder-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-from-scams/"
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                    "date": "2022-02-21T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "That was why last week's announcement by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency that Nigeria's most celebrated police officer, Mr Abba Kyari, was allegedly found complicit in a drug-related corrupt practice was not entirely shocking, albeit it was disappointing. In July 2021, a United States' court declared Kyari wanted following the allegation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that the deputy commissioner of police received a bribe from an arrested international fraudster, Ramon Johns, popularly known as Hushpuppi. The Nigeria Police Force had placed Kyari on suspension while investigations into the allegation were on.",
                    "title": "Nigerian system corrupts virtually everyone - Punch Newspapers",
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                    "date": "2021-08-15T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has written to the United States Embassy in Nigeria, demanding fairness for Nigeria's disgraced police chief, Abba Kyari, who was indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Kyari is being accused of having collected bribes from suspected billionaire fraudster, John Ramon, also known as Hushpuppi. A four-man panel, headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Joseph Egbunike, has launched an investigation into the allegations levelled against the cop.",
                    "title": "Northern Groups Write US Embassy, Demand Fairness For Disgraced Nigerian Police Chief, Abba Kyari | Sahara Reporters",
                    "url": "https://saharareporters.com/2021/08/15/northern-groups-write-us-embassy-demand-fairness-disgraced-nigerian-police-chief-abba"
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                    "date": "2024-10-28T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, was a former commander of Intelligence Response Team. He was suspended from office by the Nigeria Police Service Commission, after he was accused of benefiting from the fraudulent activities of Dubai based Nigerian fraudster, John Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi who was arrested in June 2020, and was extradited to the U.S. It was while Kyari was serving the suspension that he was also caught aiding drug traffickers to bring cocaine into the country by the NDLEA.",
                    "title": "Sen. Ashiru: Akpabio And NDLEA Shameful Conducts – Independent Newspaper Nigeria",
                    "url": "https://independent.ng/sen-ashiru-akpabio-and-ndlea-shameful-conducts/"
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                    "date": "2022-11-05T00:00:00Z",
                    "snippet": "A U.S. court has sentenced popular Nigerian Instagram celebrity, John Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, to 11 years imprisonment over fraud and money laundering. He was sentenced by Judge Otis Wright of the United States Central District Court in California on Friday, November 4, 2022.",
                    "title": "U.S. court sentences Hushpuppi to 11 years imprisonment — National Accord Newspaper",
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