Posted on 10/19/2020 4:17:13 AM PDT by gattaca
A rapper who bragged in a music video about obtaining fraudulent unemployment benefits has been arrested by federal agents on charges related to the alleged scheme, according to the Justice Department.
Fontrell Antonio Baines, who raps under the name Nuke Bizzle, "boasted in a YouTube music video about getting rich from committing unemployment benefits fraud," the DOJ said Friday in a press release. He was arrested on Friday "pursuant to a criminal complaint alleging a scheme to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act."
Baines and several co-conspirators reportedly utilized fake addresses to obtain pre-loaded benefit cards, with which they were able to access over $700,000 in cash.
In one music video, Baines reportedly bragged about "go[ing] to the bank with a stack of" unemployment cards. He is facing a maximum of 22 years in prison related to the charges.
Nobody ever said Karaoke performers were smart.
The problem was (and is) horrific.
It just amazes me how our justice system works.
It can jump right on the little guy but when it comes to the elitist, it is hands off
You have to know that a large part of the money is converted into fentanyl and other drugs.
90% of the welfare/unemployment/disability genre is a total scam anyway. Some recipients need and deserve help, but like the criminal in the OP, many are merely breaking the law to obtain “free stuffs.”
Fontrell is black
I heard about this on the radio yesterday. Not surprised. Everything this guy possesses should be confiscated. Then he can compose his music er noise from prison.
Fo’ shizzle!
It’s theft. Grand Larceny.
Now his cred will go up even more. He just needed to get shot and wounded while taken into custody and he would have been set.
And mail and wire fraud. Wire fraud is a predicate for a Rico case. Seize everything from him and his cohorts.
In that pic i see a bottle of prescription cough syrup and some soda pop.
looks like the boys are indulging in some “Purple Drank” to celebrate their fortunes...
The elites studied violent revolutions (especially in France and Russia, where the nobles were executed) and correctly deduced that they can be avoided by simply taking from the productive people and buying off the unproductives; whatever is happening in our urban dumps over the past months, it never impacted our elites. In fact, they’ve weaponized the welfare class against the normals who pay the bills.
We could have solved much/most of the problem if we hadda picked our own cotton.
The choice wasn’t ours; the European monarchs brought them here and the young USA inherited them.
It can jump right on the little guy but when it comes to the elitist, it is hands off
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$700,000 is not little.
700k is a drop in the bucket compared to under the table money that flows at the swamp
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