Huspuppi, real name Raymon Oluwurna Abbas, has been accused of laundering more than 1.3B in conspiracy with North Korean hackers. It is alleged that they targeted banks and companies within the US.

The 37-year-old, who currently has 2.5m followers on Instagram, is known for showing off a fancy lifestyle, and regularly flashed his cars and designer clothing before he was arrested in July.

He was arrested in Dubai towards the end of June 2020 and was extradited to the US on July 3 to face charges after allegedly making "hundreds of millions of dollars" from business email fraud and various other scams.

Now it has come to light that Abbas has allegedly been working with North Korean hackers in his money laundering efforts.

"North Korea's operatives, using keyboards rather than guns, stealing digital wallets of cryptocurrency instead of sacks of cash, are the world's leading bank robbers", said Assistant Attorney General, John Demers, of the Justice Department.

A "Prolific" Money Launderer

Hushpuppi is said to have worked with Ghaleb Alaumary, who has a history of stealing millions from various countries such as India, Pakistan and the US, according to prosecutors.

Mr Alaumary is described by the authorities as a "prolific" money launderer who has taken part in ATM cash-out schemes, cyber-enabled bank heists, business email compromise (BEC) schemes, and other online fraud schemes.

He reached a plea deal with the authorities, where he claimed that Ramon and four others worked with him.

Hushpuppi trial was supposed to take place towards the end of 2020, however, the pandemic forced it to be rescheduled.

The case is currently ongoing.