FROM SCAMMING TO JUSTICE: THE RISE AND FALL OF NIGERIA'S SCAM LORD.

Ramon Abbas used his Instagram account to flaunt a luxurious lifestyle - but it had been funded by crime. The social media star is a prolific international fraudster who prosecutors say conspired to launder tens of millions of dollars stolen in various online scams.

The Nigerian national was transferred to the US to be charged more than two years ago after his dramatic arrest by Dubai police during a raid on his home dubbed Operation Fox Hunt 2.

Abbas pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to engage in money laundering in April 2021, having targeted American and international victims with online scams.

Don Alway, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, described the 40-year-old online celebrity as "one of the most prolific money launderers in the world".

He used his "considerable following" of around 2.8 million on Instagram to "brag about the immense wealth he acquired by conducting business email compromise scams, online bank heists, and other cyber-enabled fraud".

Some victims were left "financially ruined" and his operation even provided assistance to the North Korean regime, according to Mr Alway.

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