The United States has revealed that Nigerian social media influencer and purported fraudster Ramon “Hushpuppi” Abbas allegedly helped Pyongyang-backed hackers launder proceeds from an “unprecedented” global campaign of state-sanctioned cyberattacks.

A Nigerian Instagram influencer has made his first court appearance in the US on charges alleging that he laundered hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit proceeds from email scams and other cyber-enabled fraud, including a scheme that targeted an English Premier League football club.