NIGERIAN SOCIAL-MEDIA STAR HELPED NORTH KOREAN HACKERS IN CYBER CRIME: US OFFICIALS

Highlights

• The United States Justice Department on February 17 said that Ramon Olorunwa Abbas played a supporting role in cyber-scams perpetrated by three computer programmers accused of extorting over $1.3 billion of cash and cryptocurrency

• This Nigerian social-media celebrity, who is also known as “Hushpuppi” has nearly 2.5 million followers and is in US custody awaiting trial

According....