Posted on 02/18/2022 7:22:44 AM PST by artichokegrower
Nearly a dozen men associated with the Brooklyn-based Woo gang were charged Thursday with allegedly stealing more than $4 million in COVID-19 relief cash — and boasting about the scam in a music video, the feds said.
The 11 suspects – nine of whom live in Brooklyn – used personal information, including driver’s license numbers, from 800 people to submit unemployment claims worth about $20 million, according to a criminal complaint against them.
The gang members were able to fleece some $4.3 million from the unemployment program between March 2020 and October 2021 as part of the scam, the feds said.
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<< and boasting about the scam in a music video >>
Geniuses.
Someone scammed CONvid-one9 money? Cue the Casablanca clip.
I should have joined that gang.
Every government handout is an open invitation for fraud. No exception, no matter who is in power.
Are you with me, Doctor?
Pikers. They should have started a phony pharma company or electric car company. They would be billionaires.
Phil Woods, is that you?
Nice 48 second guitar version of his solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUUkLLMNO0E
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