Why Hushpuppi and his friends were reportedly arrested in Dubai

The news going viral on the internet presently is the arrest of Dubai based Nigerian billionaire, Hushpuppi, Mr Woodbery and Pac, another Dubai based big boy.

Hushpuppi neighbor at the Palazzo Versace apartment, Efe Martins was also arrested and some other members of the syndicate.

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Hushpuppi was arrested yesterday in Dubai at his apartment, Palazzoo Versace, 2:00pm, Dubai time. They were arrested by Interpol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI in Dubai. According to reports, they were allegedly surrounded by the FBI on the ground of being fraud suspects.

The arrest came based on the account of money laundering after some cases of fraud was linked to them. The case involves $35million meant for COVID _19 test kits.

The FBI agents are also in Nigeria at the moment to arrest other members of the syndicate that lives in Nigeria, according to sources.