How did two Nigerians who were showing off their wealth on Instagram were arrested with 40 million dollars?
On the eve of his 29th birthday in May, Lolalikan Jacob Polne posted a photo on his Instagram account showing him standing in a bright yellow Libergini car in Dubai.
His message was "Don't let others make you feel bad because of the money you have earned."
Lolalikan Jacob Pollen is known as 'mrwoodbery' on Instagram. A month after sharing the photo, he was arrested by Dubai police on charges of money laundering and cyber fraud.
Dozens of people of African descent have been arrested in this dramatic operation by Dubai police. The most famous of them was Ramon Olurnova Abbas, 37, known as 'hushpuppi' among his 2.4 million Instagram followers.
Wallace said they recovered کروڑ 40 million in cash, 13 luxury cars valued at about ً 6.8 million, 21 computers, 47 smartphones, and the addresses of about 2 million victims.
Lolalikan Jacob Polne and Ramon Olurnova Abbas have both been handed over to US authorities and are facing charges of plotting wire fraud and laundering millions of dollars in a Chicago court.
Both have not yet presented their case and both are being held accountable before any charges are proved.
Glenn Donath, a senior attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., said: They are careless in the media.
It is a big crash for the two Nigerians who have shared so much about their luxurious lives on social media and questions have been raised about their sources of income.
He inadvertently provided important information to US officials through his Instagram posts and SnapChat posts.
He is accused of pretending to be an employee of various US companies under the Business Email Compromise Scheme and manipulating his targets to transfer millions of dollars into his accounts.
Hush Puppy said on Instagram that he is a real estate developer and had a category of videos that he called "Flexing". The term flexing is commonly used in the context of showing off on social media. But in reality these 'houses' under construction were codewords for bank accounts in which fraudulent money was deposited.
"We need to rethink our values in Nigeria, especially the importance we place on wealth, no matter what you get," economist Abuka Ambana told the BBC from New York.
"It's a society where people think your results speak for you. We don't emphasize the process of getting there, and it has grown over time. "
In April, Hush Puppy leased his apartment in the luxury building Plaza Versachi in Dubai for another year under his real name and number.
Two weeks before his arrest, he posted a photo on Instagram of himself standing in front of a Rolls-Royce car with the caption, "Thank God for his blessings." I am embarrassing those who are waiting for me to be embarrassed.
The FBI says Abbas's luxurious lifestyle was fueled by crime and he was the head of an international network involved in fraudulent schemes involving computer hacking and worldwide. It involved millions of dollars in fraud and money laundering.
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