Some fresh details have been revealed about the case against Instagram influencer , Ramon Abbas , fondly referred to as Hushpuppi . According to the United State of America ’ s Department of Justice, Hushpuppi laundered money for North Korean hackers . The revelation was known when federal prosecutors in Los Angeles unsealed a case against one Ghaleb Alaumary, 37 , of Mississauga , Ontario , Canada for his role as a money launderer for the North Korean conspiracy , among other criminal schemes . Alaumary agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to engage in money laundering , a charge contained in a criminal information filed in the United States District Court in Los Angeles on November 17 , 2020 . Alaumary was a prolific money launderer for hackers engaged in ATM cash - out schemes , cyber - enabled bank heists , business email compromise ( BEC ) schemes , and other online fraud schemes . Alaumary is also being prosecuted for his involvement in a separate BEC scheme by the United States Attorney’ s Office for the Southern District of Georgia . During Alaumary’ s confession , he fingered Hushpuppi as one of his co- conspirators. The document read in part , ” With respect to the North Korean co- conspirators’ activities , Alaumary organized crews of co- conspirators in the United States and Canada to launder millions of dollars obtained through ATM cash - out operations , including from BankIslami and a bank in India in 2018 . “ Alaumary also conspired with Ramon Olorunwa Abbas , aka ‘ Ray Hushpuppi ’ , and others to launder funds from a North Korean - perpetrated cyber - enabled heist from a Maltese bank in February 2019 . “ Last summer , the US Attorney’ s Office in Los Angeles charged Abbas in a separate case , alleging that he conspired to launder hundreds of millions of dollars from BEC frauds and other scams . ”