The Fall of the World's Flashiest Scammer

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Ramon Abbas perfected a simple internet scam that helped him launder millions of dollars, riches he shamelessly flaunted on Instagram. Better known as @Hushpuppi, the young Nigerian became a fixture among the global elite as fashion houses showered him with gifts. But his fame would ultimately be his downfall.
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@business 2 года назад

Read more about the fall of the Billionaire Gucci Master, Hushpuppi: www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-hushpuppi-gucci-influencer/

@jaybee4577 2 года назад

Boring video, find more interesting stories to cover or shut up.

@MikuHatsune12 2 года назад

@@jaybee4577 where's all this anger coming from?

@BillClinton228 2 года назад

Dumbest criminal on earth...

@Mail4Profit 2 года назад

....Smh....Crazy!

@Wuzhaniin 2 года назад

Biggg s🅿️eenderr

@MrChronicpayne 2 года назад

The worst part about this? He didn't force people to follow him, that is just the sad state of social media and the broken mindset of glorifying extreme waste.

@Daniel-tx2vt 2 года назад

@@keymaster2108 to be fair to him hes right about the sad state of social media. but he was scamming people many of which could not afford to lose that money.

@sithukyaw9019 2 года назад

I can tell from a mile that he is a scammer. I would like to throw up whenever I see people with expensive apparels yet no sense in fashion

@criessmiles3620 2 года назад

Oh shut up 🦅

@wavveytae4181 2 года назад

Preach 💪🏾💪🏾💯💯

@DickCheneyXX 2 года назад

Subhumans and bots followed him for the most part.

@meichow3000 2 года назад

He didn’t crave wealth, he craved attention and recognition

@paulerdosdaughter 2 года назад

One could crave all at once.

@OfficialGOD 2 года назад

No, after wealth you crave fame

@nhdarling2 2 года назад

Power

@tosinade1608 2 года назад

@@OfficialGOD Maybe you. I'm cool with wealth

@markdignam3525 2 года назад

Actually, yes he did. He came from a poor part of town with little money, and saw that others had more and wanted it at any cost. That becomes an addiction, thus he moved to KL initially then Dubai to get a piece of international cash. His flaunting of wealth is re-affirmation of his self-importance. This conspicuous consumption is all part of the same issue. In our society, money and opulence implies power but that was not the initial driver. The 'Yahoo boys" are all after quick bucks and a nice lifestyle.

@Lovely-ib8ks 4 месяца назад

I don’t know why people are so obsessed with designer stuff I think designer things are overrated

@evidennt 4 месяца назад

Same here

@skullIsland41 Год назад

I'm just a regular guy and I learned a long time ago never be flashy on social media... Whenever you go to a retail store or a big business one thing you will notice is that you never see the boss!!

@MaytaneVideos 2 года назад

Some of these scammers work so hard and are so innovative, that if they were to invest all that energy into producing something useful for others, they’d be richer for longer

@ifeyhome 2 года назад

High intelligence with low economic opportunities, produces these grade A scammers

@clementoseitano7568 2 года назад

Unfortunately hard work is not directly proportional to wealth. Assuming he spent that energy as a software developer in Nigeria, he may probably never experience a tenth of the wealth he had unless he got a big break to a well paying job most likely in Europe or North America. Had he started a business in Nigeria, he may not have had enough capital to take it to the level that can give him the wealth he enjoyed as well. All the same, the situation being super difficult does not justify scamming people too.

@ifeyhome 2 года назад

@@clementoseitano7568 In Nigeria if someone with his background applied for a job as a software engineer with no degree, the employer would stuff his CV in the garbage

@jobirdmanbom7585 2 года назад

No they won’t , this the type of money 97% of folks will never see in there lifetime

@DanielFlailed 2 года назад

Absolutely not, which is a part of the problem. Society doesn't reward hard work. Look at the state of teachers and nurses right now.

@waynecmontgomery 2 года назад

Hushpuppi forgot to hush. Now he has an honorary American prison work Visa for the next 20 years.

@shockwavevideos5689 2 года назад

Hopefully he talks and doesn't shut up during FBI interrogation

@DakotaLenn0x 2 года назад

😂😂

@LevineLawrence 2 года назад

Seriously the faker's fake name is so contradictory 😎

@DaybreakPT 2 года назад

@o k t o b e r They also get much lower prison sentences, so if he doesn't advertise he took a deal in prison nothing should happen. He is already an expert in lying and putting up a fake front after all.

@tribecalledmaya 2 года назад

😂😂

@livefromtheground7274 Год назад

How people couldn't tell he was a scammer is a mystery. Rich people try to be under cover, not blink blink.

@profitoneX Год назад

Politicians do this without going to jail

@barfymann362 2 года назад

If someone truly has that much money, and they've worked hard for it, yet still find the need to seek affirmation online from strangers - there is something deeply unsettled within them. Sharing one's passion with others, such as music or writing is a wonderful thing to do; however, I never understand this hype/flex culture. There is nothing appealing about it.

@lissaleggs4136 2 года назад

Donald trump..

@fetti214 2 года назад

Floyd Mayweather

@Ausf 2 года назад

He didn't flex hard enough. The next level of flex would be to own his own country.

@obiohagwu788 2 года назад

he grew up very destitute in the streets of Lagos, Nigeria. Mental poverty is a serious hurdle he didn't seem to be able to overcome despite hundreds of millions of dollars.

@vegidio 2 года назад

You haven't been much online, have you? Like they said in this video, I know so many people that worked very hard for their money, rich and also poor, and a lot of them love to flex their financial accomplishments online. I also find this corny, but it's incredibly common human behaviour. They are seeking validation to satisfy their egos. The rich flex about their trips on a private jet, while the poor flex about the second hand iPhone 8 that they afforded to buy after saying for 6 months. The behaviour is the same, the only difference is the amount of money displayed.

@xrismanessa3993 2 года назад

Our parents always tell us to chew with our mouth closed. This guy missed that lesson.

@MF_JONES 2 года назад

How exactly does one eat with their mouth closed?

@sulemanaamadu8946 2 года назад

@@MF_JONES is an African proverb which means keep everything secret about what you do.

@MF_JONES 2 года назад

@@sulemanaamadu8946 oh I get it, you put a tube through your nose or something. That would work with soup or like peanut butter, but what about other things like meat?

@FranzVonGaart 2 года назад

@@MF_JONES No you just breathe through your nose like a normal person.

@MF_JONES 2 года назад

@@FranzVonGaart how do you get the food in your mouth if it's closed?

@Northwindbreeze 3 месяца назад

“Respect through social media” A perfect explanation for our lost generation.

@jon33.3 Год назад

I will never be mad at someone who mastered manipulating the same system that was built to beat them down. growing up poor, I can relate.

@helenayoung4064 Год назад

Right!!

@sandria22 Год назад

True words

@lifeofmwansa8199 Год назад

Ikr 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

@eccen3ricbeats86 Год назад

facts the entire system is rigged and set up to benefit the creator, prison banks, etc. who is anyone to tell me what is morally right

@therealkoolaidandkale Год назад

..... until he stole money from someone you love.

@haruspex1-50 2 года назад

I can’t wait for this to be a Netflix limited series

@wavveytae4181 2 года назад

Same

@txddyfarquh3916 2 года назад

He'll prob scam Netflix for his Life Rights too

@zanashtv5479 2 года назад

Me too😂

@musukamara9657 2 года назад

Yep me too ✋

@2cshattyw309 2 года назад

It already is

@chevyjazz 2 года назад

My dad was an ambassador when I was a kid. I traveled the world, had dinners with foreign dignitaries, etc as a kid. Believe me, the people with real money overseas do not want the attention on themselves. They keep tight social circles for a reason and security is everywhere, especially when you don't think they are.

@mello4392 2 года назад

Where are you from?

@trevormaina9093 2 года назад

Broo, sort me out

@jaycartier 2 года назад

@@trevormaina9093 ong bro bless our pockets

@ic4eyez739 2 года назад

That is a fact 👌 you can tell who never obtained any

@chevyjazz 2 года назад

@@Saintz1408 he's been dead for 6 years but I'll get right on that.

@BabAcademy Год назад

As a software engineer- scamming is extremely easy to do. But principals, morality and fear of jail stops me from ever doing it.

@philly1559 Год назад

Same bro I got too much of a humble heart to do that I wouldn’t sleep at night also that just will bring bad karma to you

@deegowiko3051 Год назад

Easy? Don't play yourself

@azcarbrand3178 11 месяцев назад

@@deegowiko3051 trust me it is easy to hack some persons and scam them, but we just can't

@mikiwub3696 10 месяцев назад

When you go to jail….I will spend the money for you lol 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾

@done675 9 месяцев назад

I don’t think any means of making money easy

@Maniack187 2 года назад

Honestly seeing this guy all happy from other people's misery is Disgusting!

@trix9803 Год назад

There is a German word called schadenfreude it means getting enjoyment out of someone’s misery

@oluwaseyia8548 Год назад

When big corporations worked their employees to the point of death-forcing them to work while being sick without providing affordable health benefits is even more appalling

@TrayTheLo Год назад

these corporations are big, he was a broke kid from africa just trynna get sum, stop judging people like dat

@damnitsmaliq9977 Год назад

@@TrayTheLo got to work hard to get what you want scamming is the easy way out. I understand why he did it , but they are consequences to crime.

@megwasugoakukoiro-moonligh6387 Год назад

@@TrayTheLo thief , criminal like you, bein poor does nt make anyone a thief

@Beeman2892 2 года назад

He needed to feel the validation from other people. And that was his downfall.

@enishalihoward8119 2 года назад

No his downfall was scamming an American company. Every successful scammer knows when not to scam a certain demographic

@kate4kanini 2 года назад

@Beeman, 'validation from other people' is an understatement. It's a global pandemic.

@alexb5812 2 года назад

@@enishalihoward8119 actually Americans are the best target because of their wealth

@codeaperture 2 года назад

@@alexb5812 🤣🤣🤣 fools too

@tanagunda1368 2 года назад

@@enishalihoward8119 no thru are right his downfall was seeking validation from people because that is was prompted him to get investigated in the first place

@SocaNick 2 года назад

"Never jealous anyone for what they have. You don't know what they did in order to get it"

@lesleyk1727 2 года назад

My life motto!😊

@kodyscot9360 Год назад

i was never jealous of hushpuppi , just curious. i thought he was a drug dealer this whole time.

@gigigiseleworld Год назад

Exactly 💯

@LathropLdST 3 месяца назад

@SocaNick illiterate dude 😒 It's either "never BE jealous" OR "never envy" Smh 😒

@michellethompson6195 Год назад

This story is too close to home. It's usually dozens involved in one scam. Because when you bust one there's 24 or more people in the same scam that person's connected too.

@mikek2337 Год назад

Perfect example, crime doesn’t pay. He thought he was on top building his wealth though the years stealing money from whoever he could get his hands on. He had fun for some years but When you get busted, you lose everything and no amount of money can replace 20 years of wasted life in jail.

@robinmangala3536 2 года назад

This guy could’ve gotten away with it if his ego wasn’t craving for social media attention & fame. He should’ve dipped and disappear with all his wealth. It really baffles me.

@eberhard1991 2 года назад

In Nigeria if you makes it you make sure everyone knows.

@jaydaksy4094 2 года назад

Well I didn’t want him to get away with it. I’m so glad he got caught.

@juliustetevano6113 2 года назад

Yeah aye he could be living it up somewhere nice with a different honey laying next to him everyday for the rest of his life

@chiefnmerexle3456 2 года назад

@@jaydaksy4094 why?

@astoldbyjo3.05 2 года назад

Right, just greedy superficial and dumb, now enjoy your 20yr vacay in the pen it’s not Dubai but oh well 🥴

@enditakamweneshe6428 2 года назад

The biggest mistake these guys make is putting themselves out there in the spotlight, you know the feds are always watching.

@saudasamed8715 Год назад

No the biggest mistake they make is scamming people. They definitely deserve to be caught by the feds.

@danielgw5140 Год назад

The worst mistake he made was stealing in the first place

@SeanMazhindu 9 месяцев назад

That’s why that Nigerian criminologist said all Yahoo boys are reckless.

@getsugaallen6612 8 месяцев назад

yup

@alicedoors4826 3 месяца назад

He would have got caught either way, he got caught cause his non-famous friend got caught and he was in his phone, not cause of instagram. Instagram is just why there are a whole bunch of videos out explaining his crimes and his friend that got him caught has none.

@okokonyumbaiza 11 месяцев назад

This crazy story deserves a real TV Drama.

@segunoni8154 Год назад

Very objective and unbiased documentary… well put together and commendable

@syzer8676 2 года назад

Amazing how people treat you differently because of money, this world we live in smh

@daviedood2503 2 года назад

Because they're acting fake to have a part of it. They don't want to work, so they'll cater to ur wants to get a piece if it. If u don't give it to them, false allegations come in in hopes you pay rhem outta court to drop charges.

@winnieid2727 2 года назад

Well peoples have treat others diffrently ever since wealth / money created... it haven't changed for ages and i believe it will not change

@johnsmith23ist 2 года назад

@@daviedood2503 like everyone beneficial things in life

@daviedood2503 2 года назад

@@johnsmith23ist not everyone is like that tho

@mamamarianovits9029 2 года назад

For the love of money is the root of all evil... and so it is.

@hawkeire2414 2 года назад

Never bring unwanted attention to yourself.

@deemas216 2 года назад

Especially When Your Living Wrong smh

@johnblogs6248 Год назад

This documentary is very objective and does not paint the entire society as bad people unlike what others have done in the past.

@automedicine 3 месяца назад

There's nothing to respect about a scammer period.

@oK-wc8nj 2 года назад

Self snitch is an art these days

@davidumason5424 2 года назад

Nobody is snitches on anybody these days. But they are the snitchers themselves!

@huyhoang3407 2 года назад

Someone should make a movie out of this story. Would be hella interesting.

@moihawk666 2 года назад

said 11 people

@jdmes4586 2 года назад

said 18 people

@motorcycleartist 2 года назад

Said 56 people

@jaydaksy4094 2 года назад

Nah why glorify a stinking criminal? to inspire other aspiring criminals???

@olumidemcintosh6265 2 года назад

A movie is already in the works.

@aloisxyz 2 года назад

"Bad people" Wow thank you for that deep analysis!

@Heresheis0818 Год назад

Thanks for the info ℹ️ 😢

@leysjaymmm5883 2 года назад

I watched this guys snapchat stories and instagram stories for years , I remember looking into how he made his fortune many many times but the articles always came back with "we are not entirely sure how he has made his fortune but he sure knows how to spend it" that alone should gave been the dead give away

@newgoblin49 2 года назад

So true man , I was waiting for this comment. I was sure I couldn’t be the only one . His Snapchat stories was him and his friends in a rolls Royce

@raftermanhoward1883 2 года назад

Asking as someone who stands outside of all this, what's the appeal of watching the Instagrams and Snapchats of people like this?

@newgoblin49 2 года назад

@@raftermanhoward1883 all that dazzles right

@jacktheripper5661 2 года назад

@@raftermanhoward1883 lol why not? Doesn’t hurt to take a few minutes off your day to look at a couple rolls royces and diamond watches

@c.s1393 2 года назад

@@jacktheripper5661 do you do it for motivation?

@iivv_nn 2 года назад

I wish I was rich, no one would know but they would see my wealth. A bilionaire man in Ireland who paid for an entire islands inhabitants college degrees. No one knew who he was till years later.

@jameezybreezy9030 2 года назад

That’s easy to say as a non-billionaire

@ocampbell1954 2 года назад

Best advice i've heard is broke people love impressing other broke people. I take this mentality with me to this date. I'm a millionaire by the way. Came from the bottom in Jamaica.

@deny9112 2 года назад

@@ocampbell1954 send me a 5k then, it won't hurt you...

@georgeakowuah9710 2 года назад

@@deny9112 he won’t notice it After he sleeps 😂😂

@crimepays8358 2 года назад

@@ocampbell1954 How you became a millionaire?

@driversseat1707 4 месяца назад

He never thought the U.S. could touch him in Dubai

@felixagoroko307 11 месяцев назад

I love the way daddy humbled himself Keep banging around

@JJs_playground 2 года назад

Never heard of this guy until now. Great documentary.

@GoldenBoyDims 2 года назад

You been under a rock then his story was huge when he got caught

@sullycub7183 2 года назад

I never heard of it either

@OfficialGOD 2 года назад

True lol you have a life

@mjokhoe573 2 года назад

Pablo Esgobar and his golden toiletpot I saw on tv but these Nigerian man I never heart.

@JJs_playground 2 года назад

@@GoldenBoyDims lol.. i guess ya i was living under a rock.

@GrinerB 2 года назад

I will never understand the thought process of someone who's stealing millions of dollars need to broadcast it online.. How did he explain how he could afford any of it???

@johnsmith23ist 2 года назад

The feeling of accomplishment

@AjZ530 2 года назад

He probably set up a paper company in several countries where he lived like Malaysia and the UAE, he then might’ve used that’s a a cover for why he had a bunch of moneu

@ronloc3309 2 года назад

People on social media don’t ask questions like this they all assume they’ve worked hard for it

@allbyhisgrace8925 2 года назад

I will never understand either rhe flashing of wealth to the whole world for what .I would wanna buy a piece of land somewhere really nice and private for myself and family and invest the money ans create jobs ,change lives if inwwre rich but also in a clean way, and nor put anything online.

@majesticsocietysounds1322 2 года назад

Right. I guess common sense is not so common.

@mugerwasolomonmuweke2448 Год назад

Best video explaining without bias.

@aryebosede5503 Год назад

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@b1tchycvnt 2 года назад

wealth is quiet. new money is loud

@askyalumumba3573 2 года назад

He went from living in a five star Versace hotel eating caviar, steak with expensive champagne, to a prison cell in Chicago, eating hotdogs, bologna sandwich and coolaid.

@nadine3734 Год назад

Askya Lumumba....I promise you this guy thought his sh*t really didn't stink. Eating that disgusting prison food he's going to find out for sure. Lol'

@ongoi2 Год назад

If I was him, I would disappear with all my money somewhere in Africa

@abbs9407 9 месяцев назад

Waaw honesty is very important!

@acebdefg5582 2 года назад

"Showing off is the fools idea of glory" - Bruce Lee -

@sternamc919sterna3 2 года назад

That wealth parading (false or plundered, most rich people who earn their money through hard work usually do not flash it like that) is the model many African children and young adults have these days. You ask them "what do you want to be" and most answer "rich". They copy their elders and leaders, and if the hype is to flash wealth, cars, designer clothes, shoes and accessories, etc, that would be what they want for their future, at all costs. That just hints a difficult future for these children.

@victornathaniel8317 2 года назад

You are saying Nonsense. People flaunt their wealth these days irrespective of how they got it. That is just the truth of the matter. Go to the ports Monaco, Dubia, Florida, Vancouver, what are you saying? Hushpuppi's mistake was taking a huge chunk of his wealth outside of the US.

@DarthTalon66 Год назад

Nothing about that is nonsense, bro got too cocky flexing his money that wasn’t even his. He was born in poverty so he should’ve known better. Now he gets to rot in prison

@DarthTalon66 Год назад

@@victornathaniel8317 if you make money in legit means you have every reason to flex your hard work.

@gotfan7743 2 года назад

It is difficult to take out these kind of scammers. If this guy would have committed couple of scams amounting to few millions and never did a scam afterwards and never came to limelight, he would have retired a millionaire. But alas, greed, opulence, materialism always gets the better of these scammers. It's like every time they scam someone they get a kick out of it and they have a feedback loop in their brains which makes them do this over and over again.

@jsl02008 2 года назад

A few smart ones probably did.

@Sugabullets 2 года назад

It ain't even social media, it's being dumb using your personal details amongst criminals.

@pkandrew4576 2 года назад

He would have still stayed up,if Africans weren't skeptical of each other's. Had he thought thousand more how to scam, he wouldn't have gone today

@geraldobah1 2 года назад

This is what everyone says, when a wealthy criminal gets caught. But it's deeper than that, you don't make that type of money alone, so there others you have deals with, and you can't just say I quit, and cancel the deals, if you do, you might create as much trouble for yourself, equivalent to going to jail. Didn't you hear what he did to his partner that tried to steal his connection? That's the type of people he is around and he is.

@28russ 2 года назад

It becomes an addiction like gambling. It's less about the money and more about the thrill of the win.

@SynthoidSounds 2 года назад

"A role model to every Yahoo boy in Nigeria" . . . that says it all. He's clearly intelligent and has a certain skill set that he could have funneled into a legitimate career, perfectly suited for becoming a politician.

@sandria22 Год назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@oma7698 Год назад

But how intelligent is a person whose lifestyle lands them in prison? Obviously his plan didn't include getting locked away and rotting there in his prime. Intelligence would have attempted to appear legit and keep going. Like Ghost in 'Power.' But even Ghost displayed much foolishness.

@leonrobinson8180 Год назад

@@oma7698 No matter how smart you are, we all have our weaknesses. His was a craving for attention.

@TM-ys1kc Год назад

He was his own worst enemy by constantly flaunting his ill-gotten wealth and side swiping his partner in crime.

@DxnJvanito23 2 года назад

Guy was living out his fantasies like it's grand theft auto with the money cheat.... Pretending to read Forbes magazine I'm surprised it wasn't upside-down

@zulugeneral5563 2 года назад

😂😂

@mxchic05 2 года назад

🤣😂

@maxinef6654 2 года назад

Lol 😂

@glocktaviousbrown5420 2 года назад

😆

@juliustetevano6113 2 года назад

Hahahah yeah I laughed to when I seen that pic

@Beetwate305 2 года назад

I don’t care how rich I am, I won’t feel comfortable letting another man feed me steak 🤣🤦🏾‍♂️

@brianm3160 2 года назад

Why?

@lionessnala2000 2 года назад

With that knife 😳😂😂😂😂

@sweetdiva590 2 года назад

That's what he's rich off of. The restaurant only caters to the wealthy

@Ashleylovely9 Год назад

So many people are destroying their lives and relationships because of instagram.

@Chinemere___ Год назад

Hello Bloomberg, I just noticed a mistake in the info-graphics on 11:39. The location mentioned there is Ajegunle, not Ajibola.... These are areas in Lagos Nigeria, that I have visited, and very familiar with. Thank you.

@sigerian1085 2 года назад

I love how they focus on this guy, but not the North Korean state sponsored hackers that are actually compromising emails.

@OsundareToheeb Год назад

He is black

@Tahiha Год назад

This documentary isn’t about them. Write a letter of complaint to customer service🙄

@DarthTalon66 Год назад

@@Tahiha lol well said

@narutozmk172 2 года назад

He did what he wanted out of this life, get rich, live rich till 40, be world famous. He knew the risks and still was not stopping

@JohnJohn-xs5ru 2 года назад

I mean could have waited til 60, donated to charity etc, build schools

@R_A_3000 2 года назад

@@JohnJohn-xs5ru Help out the poor people in his country yeah right. That's why Africa is so corrupt because they all want the flashy Hollywood lifestyle. They make American politicians look like choir boys.

@DarthTalon66 Год назад

@@JohnJohn-xs5ru too selfish I mean look at all the useless garbage designer clothes he bought

@marysuckafreechic9006 Год назад

That Part

@biharcourt Год назад

I love this documentary. Honest and unbiased. Unlike the love scam documentary from 60 mins Australia which you could feel the palpable racism from the first sentence.

@apachekafka773 9 месяцев назад

You are a fool. You can't deny the fact that most of these thieves are Nigerians.

@kellyoduor4409 2 года назад

Hands down this would top the tinder swindler should it become a documentary

@lecadou 2 года назад

This is one most humanizing reporting Africa, I ever seen. Good job Bloomberg

@wavveytae4181 2 года назад

@@kwamebushman606 two wrongs don’t make a right. I grew up poor and I made it without scamming people or living a lie. Like come on bruh stop glorifying crime

@Johnny2Starz 2 года назад

@@wavveytae4181 Get um! There's the easy way, and then there's the right way. The right way always pays more in the end; in money and in pride. Knowing I worked hard for my money brings me joy because I feel like I provide a valuable service to the people I serve. I'm proud of working. If I stole for a living, I'd probably want gratification too just like this fool did. He was never satisfied because he didn't have to work for his bread.

@wavveytae4181 2 года назад

@@Johnny2Starz exactly bruh. You told no lies. Then wanna bring up the continent and how others are doing wrong. Just because someone else is doing wrong doesn’t mean you do it and then bring up oppression to justify it like nah bruh. Wrong is still wrong💯💯

@afr0flava 2 года назад

@@wavveytae4181 you’re a sense maker 💯

@wavveytae4181 2 года назад

@@afr0flava thanks queen 👸🏾 💯💪🏾

@TheSweetForever 2 года назад

I loved that guys response to why we post on social media. Clearly for attention. Why else would you post things? You could just send it to a friend or family member but instead you post online for strangers to see. Clearly seeking praise or validation. Makes a lot of sense.

@klw09c 2 года назад

I repeatedly have this conversation with my best friend. Crazy the not many actually want to admit this truth 😂 (at least from my point of view).

@xzxmemoxzx 2 года назад

Nah more of a online diary/journal lol

@aok2075 2 года назад

@@klw09c Not that they don't want to admit, I don't think they even realize

@aok2075 2 года назад

@@xzxmemoxzx Then make your account private if that's the case You wouldn't share your actual journal with strangers

@xzxmemoxzx 2 года назад

@@aok2075 it is and I would lol

@preezo007 3 месяца назад

Social media is literally our downfall.

@DrAmbitious 2 года назад

He’ll come out of jail, write a book, get a movie and become wealthy again. This life...

@DPM10_718 2 года назад

Nah, if only he was white then definitely

@wanjiahdavid7045 2 года назад

@@DPM10_718 yo! We've got alot of black people who came out of jail and went large again. Stop attaching race to everything. Its even disrespectful to the black people who have made it

@baraka256 2 года назад

The real Rick Ross

@kodyscot9360 Год назад

@@DPM10_718 wolf of wall street

@TheBandafall2003 Год назад

À white will right a book about him make movies and get rich

@argh6666 2 года назад

This guy could have lived a nice life and help his family but he chose the fake dubai and fake Instagram for external validation.

@theebiracarnivalshow Год назад

The worst thing of all is that almost everyone love’s success regardless of how u build it 😢

@carlislepanting5219 2 года назад

Stay strong hush puppi!! Watching from Belize central america

@aliismail2962 2 года назад

It's so satisfying to see these influencers behind bars, may the rest follow

@No1karez 2 года назад

If only stupidity were a crime

@kotharishashank 2 года назад

@@No1karez lol

@GoldenBoyDims 2 года назад

He isn’t an influencer he is a scammer

@No1karez 2 года назад

@@kotharishashank 😂

@Pretermit_Sound 2 года назад

@@GoldenBoyDimsit’s possible to be both of those things nowadays, unfortunately 😕

@marvelousi9165 2 года назад

The thing is, scammers such as Hush puppi are highly intelligent, hardworking and persistent. If they applied their intelligence to an honorable career they would attain the success and wealth they are looking for. Of course it may not be to this magnitude. However I can understand as a fellow Nigerian that they are are in a country that does not provide upward mobility, there is little room for success(unless you’re from a wealthy family), and a government that treats it’s citizens like animals. You get treated like an animal long enough, you start behaving like one.

@TheDYNAMITE001 2 года назад

Couldn't have said it better myself

@chrisdee6391 2 года назад

The irony in this statement.. I believe his choice to publicize ill-gotten wealth on the internet and the greed that eventually got him "Busted" is enough proof to show he wasn't that intelligent.. There are Yahoo boys now with more money than Jail-Puppy and DON'T have IG accounts or Facebook.. And no one knows their name.. That's intelligence

@sammygotnext5844 2 года назад

The ability for him to amass such wealth undetected for so long, from such an impoverished environment DOES speak to his intelligence. A lot of those “Yahoo boys” are playing with their daddy’s money…that’s not intelligence. That’s luck.

@chrisdee6391 2 года назад

@@sammygotnext5844 and how much was this wealth and for how long? He was in Dubai where everyone is a millionaire.. He wasn't doing anything special, just showing off other people's money.. Many people show off on the internet.. but they show off a million or two because that's all they have.. How can someone with no company listed on any financial market in US Europe or Asia, doesn't play sports, doesn't sing, does absolutely nothing but be flaunting 35 mil dollars on the internet and you call him intelligent.. When he knows well he has no way of explaining how he got that money.. The outside world is not like Naija that allows you to walk around with Ghana must go when you are a carpenter.. you guys need to step up your perception of intelligence

@deekircher21 2 года назад

Not necessarily highly intelligent

@brendahjeannette9107 Год назад

Respect to him though he must be very smart

@jburron 4 месяца назад

Being fed by Salt Bae should be an automatic jumping of the shark.

@AlexCamo 2 года назад

Pride comes before a fall. He didn’t crave wealth, he craved attention and recognition. Skills and patience is the key

@ifehansson2254 2 года назад

No, he craved wealth and then had to show it off online; that's what people from his background do. With his type there is no such thing as being 'quietly wealthy'.

@anieudo5359 2 года назад

That "e pain dem" at the beginning... Absolutely hilarious 🤣😂. e go dey pain am now.

@blink182bfsftw 2 года назад

What does it mean

@freihenmuller2743 2 года назад

Nigerians could relate

@ayjay4273 2 года назад

@@blink182bfsftw “they’re pained”…somehow like the enemies are pained or jealous

@ElMencho. 2 года назад

I got a mail saying my house was being taken from the bank if I didn’t pay $25k within 24hrs and I thought when did I own my own house.

@Yasmina312 Год назад

He craved wealth but was spending his money and showing off ? showing off his lifestyle was his downfall; the need for validation. And stupidity because he didn’t think he’d get caught 😣

@TheNopeDude 2 года назад

This is the first time I’m hearing the term “yahoo boys”. This is wild.

@DanielNyong 2 года назад

Must not be from naija

@manlikeme3648 2 года назад

U must be sleeping under a rock hey

@dgd865 2 года назад

I dont live in africa but i hear it so much

@TheNopeDude 2 года назад

@@manlikeme3648 it’s cosy under here. Come join us

@delavago5379 2 года назад

We use it even here in Jamaica

@bravenewworld5824 2 года назад

If he wasn't so flashy he might have gotten away with what he was doing. There's many ways to launder money. This is how you know he still had a broke mentally 😂🤣😂

@daviedood2503 2 года назад

Heard it's best to buy crypto and have it pay you out to wash it. Problem is, they're gonna want to know HOW u got the money to buy it in the first place. 😂 how did u get the money to buy those store fronts ? How'd u get the money to buy those taxis ? Etc. Yes these things are earning u money, but how'd u get started with it tho. How can a taxi company that on average pays maybe 5 grand a month help u buy some laundry mat that costs 100k and u only owned the taxi company for a couple years if that long 😂

@grindseason7728 2 года назад

@@daviedood2503 this is the one part all of the other comments seem to forget. They forgot that this isn’t the movies, where a drug dealer just launders money though barbershops. There has to be a legitimate money trail. 😂

@victornathaniel8317 2 года назад

@@grindseason7728 Yes you can, why does wall street exist? What do venture capitalist do?

@Nansuei33 Год назад

The US has a lot of people like this, we just call them politicians.

@nanastevo2361 Год назад

that are somethings i do not understand but i think its kinda power ,,, the USA has power over the Nigerian

@kendrickewings Год назад

Ppl are obsessed with this dude.. he did the Same thing the government has Been doing to the people for centuries…

@FmTrini 2 года назад

This dude is proof that clout is more important than health, wealth and even life itself smh 🤦🏾‍♂️

@SACUVFL4918 2 года назад

Sad but true.

@L.O.G. 2 года назад

He's gonna get a Netflix documentary.

@coreytaylor6551 2 года назад

Absolutely

@macanthony1982 Год назад

Corruption and lack of infrastructure cultivates folks to do scam.... I know first hand of folks who have Master degrees in Nigeria but cant find a job... lack of proper infrastructure slows the progress of opportunities

@PaulPhoenixxx Год назад

While in Malaysia, Before his arrival in Dubai, he mostly showed off expensive designers. Outside of that, few knew about him. Not even his real name. After his arrival in Dubai, he fell out with Mompha. And they got into some sort rivalry and competition. He probably intensified his scam hustle and That was the beginning of his down fall.

@csanton3946 2 года назад

If somebody flashes their wealth instantly in the media its two things (1) to market their business by showing this material successes. (2) they are enjoying the moment of spending other peoples money

@lawrencelopez9839 3 месяца назад

I still don't get it. Disappearing and having 0 social media presence still feels like the best thing to do.

@rinnychor 3 месяца назад

Some idiots can't help but flex.

@judeokon1964 Год назад

He wasn’t the scammer, he was just the money launderer for the scammers.

@melvinyit6859 2 года назад

I agree we need some international scam law. Been receiving ridiculous amount of scam attempts recently. While the scammer is never caught.

@DickCheneyXX 2 года назад

Who need laws? We just need some of our 3 letter agencies to bring back large scale assassination programs.

@kwamebushman606 2 года назад

International Scam law 🤣🤣🤣 Allllll your businesses doing business with Africa would be disqualified for scamming Africans with crocked accounting and business practices. Don't forget America IS the most corrupt nation in the world where only businesses and rich people are able to buy their way out

@bandman1718 2 года назад

its almost like criminals dont follow the law

@XtaC78 2 года назад

@@bandman1718 🤣

@MIKEO96 2 года назад

@@kwamebushman606 facts

@williamsmith7221 2 года назад

Great work Bloomberg team 🙌

@rachelleelias7737 Год назад

When you do bad to others, it comes back too you

@RacerNight86 Год назад

This guy was an absolutely fool.. When your scamming like this. You would think he would lay low and wouldn't want anyone to know. Also he didn't cover his tracks

@Eddyke Год назад

The absolutely fools are the people he actually scammed...if you think he's half wit what about the victims

@br88dy 2 года назад

This is why I deleted Instagram and why I haven’t heard of him. It’s all fake flair

@sbrooks904 2 года назад

It literally wasn’t fake he had hundreds of millions

@tommynorthwood 2 года назад

@@sbrooks904 "Had"

@sbrooks904 2 года назад

@@tommynorthwood have you even sniffed a hundred thousand dollars lol

@deleqtronica8733 2 года назад

@@sbrooks904 ya, that totally changes the meaning of “had” 🤡

@jupitired777 2 года назад

how he got away with this for so long is insane

@thegreatdel9679 2 года назад

Most times the feds are watching the entire time. Just building their case. When guys have that much money they can get a lawyer to weasel them out, so the feds are pretty just crossing all their t’s & dotting all their i’s

@May9ninth 2 года назад

He never got away with it if he got caught and not only that the FEDS make sure they build the case and got evidence way before they arrest you, he could of been watched for 3 years before they made their move but people was loosing money and it was causing financial issues with banks and financial organizations

@rotimiedu3504 2 года назад

There are a lot of people like HushPuppy in Nigeria, but most of the smart ones have cover businesses. That is where Hushpuppy made his first mistake, he had no cover businesses. He was also attracted to much attention on social media which didn’t help him.

@fastservice7124 2 года назад

Because he was paying his taxes

@jayjohnson5016 Год назад

remember asset forfeiture: they knew what he was up to and let him amass a larger fortune before busting him

@esi3678 2 года назад

love this dude

@RealLegoBeast Год назад

The lack of humility is outstanding.

@sphaleriteme 2 года назад

If Nigeria enabled its people, the country will be unstoppable. Some of the best innovative minds, super intelligent people. Sad that the human resource is not positively utilized in Nigeria.

@shewantmeumubiafra6470 2 года назад

What does this comment mean? You've never been in Nigeria. It's extremely difficult to do anything there. What needs to happen is a split between the 3 major tribes into their own countries. Now the country is run by fulanis and the british who steal oil in the Niger delta

@awemanyfit 2 года назад

The government make living hard and expensive for us

@kind2423 2 года назад

@@shewantmeumubiafra6470 you can read right

@kind2423 2 года назад

It’s true the government, economy and corruption that is causing all of this (scamming, robberies, ect,)

@raysdvickthor6291 2 года назад

@@shewantmeumubiafra6470 animal which 3 tribes do you think we niger delta are igbos do you think we dont know you include us in biafra bcus of the oil

@Max-oi9es 2 года назад

Message: Don't let greed be your downfall.

@JSaints87 Год назад

Flexing gets you nothing but more headaches & dramas.

@Tdk619 Год назад

Anyone know the name of the song/beat at the start of the video?

@adegames1836 2 года назад

Thank you for this reporting, completely unbiased and didn’t paint Nigerians bad

@MosesMatsepane 2 года назад

Their reputation is already bad. No need to kick a dying horse.

@reubedx4321 2 года назад

@@MosesMatsepane ‘dying’ the horse ain't dead. They'll thrive again

@selineebuka1340 2 года назад

@@MosesMatsepane we are not the dead horse we will come back soon

@rain_bowpops Год назад

But when Tinder Swidler became a netflix special... it wasn't painting people like Simon down

@KD-dl7ov Год назад

Y’all scam. Simple. ALL YALL. Picture is already painted.

@ajwaddanwarr3409 2 года назад

I don't feel sorry for this guy at all, there are great things coming out of Nigeria right now and this dude just threw country back a decade image wise. Same thing with el chapo etc.

@ANIMEMANIACBOY 2 года назад

Facts

@ETS186 2 года назад

2 UFC champions are nigerian born. That's great stuff

@jazgeo1957 2 года назад

No great things? Sheesh. You’re dense.

@dayosonictv 2 года назад

@@jazgeo1957 and Afrobeat with couple of grammies under our belt plus tech.... including lots of OUR nigerian movies on Netflix .The booming film industry in Nigeria - Nollywood is the world's second-largest film industry in terms of output

@jaydaksy4094 2 года назад

@@jazgeo1957 If you can’t at least lift your lazy fingers to do some research, then you’re the “dense one”

@deetan7944 Год назад

The world is full of scammers that I feel sad for him for being arrested first.

@yasminemalik4598 Год назад

Exactly

@erikheim84 Год назад

Don't hate the player.. if people are dumb enough to get scammed these days then well🤣

@donutrangerr 2 года назад

'A cardinal sin in organized crime is flaunting your wealth" - Perfectly said. It is ironic, the millionaires and billionaires that were from a family business or new money are way more lowkey then these criminals and politicians that make money illegally.