Rapper G Herbo pleaded responsible Friday to utilizing stolen bank card info from the darkish net to pay for personal jets, unique automobile leases, a luxurious trip rental, and costly designer puppies.
The life-style was a far cry from his rising up years on the East Side of Chicago in a neighborhood dubbed Terror Town, so named for its gang and gun violence.
He launched his debut combine tapes “Welcome to Fazoland” and “Pistol P Project” in 2014, each named for mates who had been killed within the metropolis. His first album was 2017’s “Humble Beast,” and his newest is “Survivor’s Remorse,” launched final yr.
His 2020 album “PTSD” debuted at quantity 7 on the Billboard 200.
The 27-year-old Chicago rapper (actual title Herbert Wright III) entered a responsible plea at present in federal courtroom in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and making false statements. In alternate, prosecutors dismissed a number of counts of aggravated id theft.
As a part of his plea, G Herbo additionally agreed to forfeit practically $140,000, the quantity he utilized in what prosecutors claimed was a $1.5 million scheme that concerned a number of different folks.
“Mr. Wright used stolen account information as his very own unlimited funding source, using victims’ payment cards to finance an extravagant lifestyle and advance his career,” performing U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy stated in an announcement.
Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 7, and he faces a most of 25 years in jail.
From not less than March 2017 till November 2018, G Herbo and his promoter, Antonio Strong, used textual content messages, social media messages and emails to share account info taken from darkish web sites, authorities stated.
Prosecutors contend that the stolen account info paid for a chartered jet to fly the rapper and members of his entourage from Chicago to Austin, Texas. On one other event, they used a stolen account on a six-bedroom Jamaican Villa, racking up an almost $15,000 invoice. ,
In courtroom paperwork, prosecutors stated G Herbo “used the proceeds of these frauds to travel to various concert venues and to advance his career by posting photographs and/or videos of himself on the private jets, in the exotic cars, and at the Jamaican villa.”
G Herbo was additionally charged in May 2021 with mendacity to investigators by denying that he had any ties to Strong. The two labored collectively since 2016.
Strong has pleaded not responsible and is awaiting trial.
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