New evidence has been submitted against Ramoni Abbas aka Hushpuppi who is currently being tried in California for cyber-related crimes.
Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai after a joint operation by the Emirati Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI.
The new evidence against him shows that he used his personal email to register on ‘Whizzlog”, a market where US bank logs can be bought and where money laundering takes place.
A statement from the FBI reads: “In reviewing data from ABASS email address ([email protected]), found ABBAS registered on a website whizzlog.com(“whizzlog”) which is a market place for buying US Banklogs and money laundering.
“Based on my training and experiences, Cyber criminals refer to bank account login details as bank logs or logs. These details can be purchase on the darkweb or some secret websites only known in cyber criminal circles. The website ABBAS registered with and used is called Whizzlog.com.
“Sophisticated cyber criminal do not use their personal email address in registering on such websites. ABBAS used his personal email to register on the site just like he used his personal email address for other criminal activities and schemes.
“ABBAS email address contained registration confirmation from Whizzlog. It also contained numerous confirmation and receipts of bank logs he purchased.
“One of such messages read, “Your order was successful. You have purchased (“the Financial institution”) banklog with a balance of $9,839,44. Purchase Price: $955. The banklog details “login to your whizzlog account to view.
“From the example above, I observed ABBAS buys a log with balance of over $9,000 for as low as $900.”