Can this terribly over flamboyant dude and his henchmen come out unscathed from this situation they have found themselves in? All we can say in answer to such a question is that, it would be very hard, in fact most likely impossible. To have been hunted and arrested by the twin forces of the FBI & Interpol is not a joke at all & try has he may want to play hardball, all we can say is that, when he would actually begin to sing eventually, which he may have even begun already, he most definitely would perform like an unbridled nightingale/canary ready to sing like the world is coming to an end.
Raymond (Ramoni) Igbalode better referred to by all as HUSHPUPPI aka Aja 1, came on the scene like a bolt out of the blue. It was an appearance to the stage that was dramatic to say the least. His background was totally shrouded in secrecy. Nobody knew much about him before, only for him to just emerge like he was the heir apparent to some stupendous wealth that had no limit as he began to show off like a drunken sailor without a thought for tomorrow.
His trajectory as the fly guy that he sold to every one began in Malaysia, where he and a few had taken their kind of acumen to, to another level. All of a sudden then, Malay like they are used to calling it, became the playground, their Mecca for the get rich quick schemes, it also extended too to Singapore too and some other remote parts.
First people thought it was the lucrative business of organ harvest that was the game, from what the people made from that business they would buy laptops and use the remaining to repackage themselves for business. Part of the necessary package for the type of business they do, were designer apparels, state of the art cars and the likes and they began to lead a flamboyant lifestyle as nouveau riche, sending out the message/signal that they had arrived and had succeded and should be emulated and followed.
Having had the taste of the so called goodlife, they couldn't afterwards go back to life like it was before again, so they totally invested their energy into research and discovery of how best to perpetrate fraud incognito without leaving a trail. They moved into advanced fraud of all kinds using their good knowledge of programming and their dexterity on the computer and Internet. With the world becoming a global village it was great for them. They would hack into mails of all kinds, intercept and gain confidence and then impersonate and voila, unsuspecting well heeled individuals, even people with their last savings and companies with good funds profiles began to fall and fall.
Many didn't actually know for a little while, those who even knew maybe were too ashamed to raise the alarm at first, that their much vaunted firewalls and securities were being penetrated with ease. But after a while, all of the scams began to get the deserved attention and of the right people too. From working individually at first, these smart alecks began to come together as a unit forming formidable cartels, uniting their skills to work together to share successes, believing more heads are better than one.
It was from Malay that Ramon moved from to Dubai in the UAE. He apparently had issues with some of his henchmen there, maybe over businesses done or over money issues, we actually do not know well, but it was like he had become a persona non grata there, some even alleged with even threat to his life too. But he gladly left and moved to new horizon or better still pastures new, his new HQ became Dubai, the land of the filthy rich sheiks where he actually struck gold massively. It was in Dubai that he fashioned himself as the Billionaire Gucci Master! In Dubai with so many wealthy men moving about, you are free to do your thing without unnecessarily raising too much highbrow. Many is King here, when money talks, especially money that seems endless bullshit would vaporize to ignominy.
From at first chilling for a while with his friend Mompha, the other popular also quite flamboyant Nigerian dude who is famous bureau de change owner in Dubai, who himself was arrested (not yet convicted) in Nigeria sometime ago over fraud and money laundering related matters, things gradually began to look up and the sky actually began to be the beginning.
Obviously whatever business this supposed son of a cab driver, who is alleged to have lived at Iyana Oworo/Gbagada axis of Lagos before was doing, it must have been a fantastically super lucrative and profitable business(es). It was like he had the Midas touch of the unbelievable kind, so much so that everything he touched turned to gold.
We really doubt if there are many in the world, that does and enjoys shopping, retail therapy like this dude. He until his arrest was a celebrated designer addict or freak. When we say freak, we mean freak in the very definition. Car freak, clothes freak, wrist watch freak, well living freak, good food freak, healthy living freak, just think about it. This dude enjoyed life to the max! No shortchanging of any kind/type. It was just the best for him. Private Jet flights, best apartment life etc.
The way he spent money acquiring lifestyle things, clothes, shoes, wrist watches, cars and the likes is unrivaled. Maybe his rival would be the Sultan of Brunei with his humongous collection. The dude went over board with his utter display. At a point he began to take to the cleaners those he perceived were trying too hard. Dude had a caustic tongue to match the wealth.
For him it had to be the very best or nothing. He was living the life of a billionaire to the maximum. From Burj Al Arab to Villa Versace to Private Jet rides etc. His car collection were some of the best any could have, just before he was even arrested, he had even just bought the 2021 edition of probably one of the top 5 best cars in the world presently, a Rolls-Royce Cullinan, his with all the special specific touch was been valued at about $500000 or more Dollars! Holy smokes!
Dude supposedly has some of the most fantastic cars/machines money can afford in his humongous collection. Some have claimed that maybe some are hired, others have claimed the dude bought them outright. His wrist watch collection would build estates in Nigeria without blinking. 2 Richard Milles alone, pending on editions could do for as much as $1.2m Dollars! And he has several brands of the famous watches in his collection.
If it wasn't super loud, this dude doesn't do. He never ever believed he could be caught. For him he must have felt he had covered his track too well. He couldn't dare venture into Nigeria as he knew he was under watch and could be arrested. He used to make a mockery of the fraud busting organization in Nigeria. He felt he was too cocooned where he was domiciled. He was a residence of Dubai and since he had the requirements-money, people felt he had gotten the residency and maybe even citizenship!
He was the very definition of 'the loud for a purpose and many were eating from the palms of his hands like he was some kind of god. He had even become like a folk hero. His roll call of admirers both male and female is quite staggering. Many of his followers saw in him their icon, he was their god and they worshipped the grounds that he works on. The number of the popular slay queens that worshipped him were staggering. They wanted to be identified with him at all cost, they were desperate as hell.
Truth be told the dude knew how to spend money to enjoy the very best. That actually cannot be taken from him no matter what.
Being a super flamboyant dude, who craves the attention and adulation like if his very life depended on it, he flashed everything about himself on the social media without restraint like no other and that also was his undoing. You don't over flash if you do not have a proper cover to hide who you really are.
When his former friend and business partner was nabbed in Nigeria, many thought he would go underground for a bit to go at least repackage himself, yes he did for a short while but soon came out again flashing lights. Maybe he made some investments in real estate in Cote d'Ivoire and other places to try to legitimize his dealings, but you don't make the kind of money he was flaunting from the kind of investments he was trying to parade.
So recently, he and his associates were said to have made a killing said to be worth about $100m dollars from intercepting payment for purchases for Covid-19 Coronavirus ventilators said to have been paid for by the US Government.
According to the yet to be substantiated gist, HUSHPUPPI is said to have a special programming tool used to hack emails and monitor big transactions going on between companies. He supposedly got wind of a discussion between the US Government and the manufacturers of Ventilators through an email hack and waited till it was time for payments to be made. All he did was intercept the email from the manufacturers and smartly entered their own account number without the knowledge of both parties.
If the above is as true as reported, then it would have justified the reasons the twin forces of the FBI & Interpol went after him and got him and his associates arrested to face the wrath of the law for their gross misdemeanors, which we are too sure are quite numerous! Would this arrest of the top echelon of career fraudsters stop these boys from this crime? We doubt it, for even as we speak, the general tale on the streets is that, boys are still making a killing till tomorrow daily from their folly.
So for HUSHPUPPI and co, for now it's the typical story of "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall and Humpty Dumpty had a great fall", so let's wait and see if this Humpty Dumpty can be put together again to do what he knows best.
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