Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesA rapper known as Nuke Bizzle was arrested on Friday for an alleged unemployment benefits fraud scheme — after he had boasted about that type of fraud in a YouTube music video, according to U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.
Bizzle, whose real name is Fontrell Antonio Baines, 31, was arrested for allegedly obtaining fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the CARES Act, according to aThe release states the Bizzle allegedly applied for $1.2 million in jobless benefits and used stolen identities, according to the release.
Bizzle is accused of exploiting a provision in the CARES Act called the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, which expands access to unemployment benefits to those who would otherwise be ineligible for the benefits. This includes self-employed workers and independent contractors, according to the release.
An affidavit states that Baines used debit cards that had been pre-loaded with unemployment benefits from the California Employment Development Department. The cards used by Bizzle were allegedly issued in other people's names, including those who were the victims of identity theft, according to the release.
Ninety-two debit cards were sent to an address linked to Bizzle with more than $1.2 million in fraudulently obtained benefits, the affidavit states. Bizzle and co-conspirators were able to allegedly access more than $704,000 of the benefits, according to the release.
JOE BIDEN AND HIS SON ARE CRIMINALS
CrookedJoeBiden
Take him down, lock him up and burn him. Then do Kanye West, etc!
Imagine that... getting arrested... for boasting about wrong doing in plain site?
Finally some food news...
What a fool! welcome to the self snitching generation
Isn't it just amazing that hard drive ended up in Giuliani's hands and not the US government
That’s newsworthy but this isn’t
Criminal Activities give the DemonicParty a bad Rap.
Enough rope
🤣🤣🤣🤣 What a bloody idiot!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And to pull this at a time when unemployment numbers are at record highs makes this this crime that much more reprehensible.
BLM must he so proud of its poster child.
Best story you're going to read all day. If it was so far from my home I'd be ordering takeaway tonight. nolovenotacos
Hope that pos does all 22 years.
Joe Biden has a plan to fight the 'COVID-19' Pandemic? Who has endorsed it, has the CDC approved it, has the Office for Financial Accountability reviewed it, or I guess a accountability is a waste of time when your running for office.
No news on Caucasian breaking the law? Ever? We need checks and balances.
This is basically that one sketch from Key and Peele
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White people are to blame for this somehow
So, I guess unemployment fraud is criminal whereas, Hatch Act, Labor Law, Bank Fraud, Campaign Finance violations, Emoluments violations, and Stock Market manipulation are all civil? I was pretty sure the bank fraud and campaign finance violations were felonies ....
Nuke Bizzle..does any thing more have to be said
I likes the older local cultures. This new CoronaRaging one is a scam.
arent they all 'rap stars' these days?
Throw him deep into jail
A true idiot at his best 🥴
I got as far as 'Nuke Bizzle' and then I had to take a rest.
Bizzle, definitely not an intellectual.
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