G Herbo admits committing $1.5 million in credit card fraud to fund luxury lifestyle…risks up to 25 years in prison this fall
- Prosecutors say the 27-year-old rapper was involved in a long-running fraud operation
- He pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and making false statements
- G Herbo will be sentenced at a hearing on November 7
G Herbo has pleaded guilty to being involved in a $1.5 million scam in which credit card information was stolen and used to fund a luxury lifestyle.
The Chicago resident, 27, filed a plea of guilty on Friday in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts, alleging wire fraud conspiracy and making false statements, according to the AP.
The rapper, whose full name is Herbert Wright III, agreed to a pact with prosecutors pleading guilty to the aforementioned charges while dropping multiple counts of aggravated identity theft.
The Statement artist used the money to pay for amenities such as luxury vehicles, use of private jets, a vacation rental and designer Yorkshire Terrier puppies, officials said.
The rap artist will forfeit $140,000 in connection with his plea deal.
Details: G Herbo, 27, has pleaded guilty to involvement in a $1.5 million scam in which credit card information was stolen and used to fund a luxury lifestyle. Pictured in 2021 in Chicago
US Attorney Joshua Levy said in a statement that G Herbo “used stolen account credentials as his own unrestricted funding source, using victims’ payment cards to fund an extravagant lifestyle and advance his career.”
G Herbo will be sentenced at a hearing on November 7 and face up to 25 years in prison.
Prosecutors said the rapper and a promoter named Antonio Strong shared stolen information from illegal websites via emails, text messages and social media during a period from March 2017 to November 2018.
In one case, people’s stolen credit card information was used by the rapper to pay for a chartered jet flight from Chicago to Austin, Texas, prosecutors said.
On another occasion, the information was used to pay for a six-bedroom Jamaican villa that cost nearly $15,000 to rent for several days.
G Herbo “used the proceeds of this fraud to travel to various concert venues and to advance his career by posting photos and/or videos of himself on the private jets, in the exotic cars and in the Jamaican villa,” prosecutors said in a statement. the court documents reviewed by the AP.
G Herbo was charged with lying to investigators in May 2021 when he said he had no connection with Strong, even though the pair had been working together for years, officials said.
Strong has entered a plea of not guilty and is awaiting trial in connection with the credit card case.
The Chicago native entered a guilty plea Friday in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts in connection with wire fraud conspiracy and making false statements
The Statement artist used the money to pay for amenities such as luxury vehicles, use of private jets, a vacation rental and designer puppies, officials said
G Herbo was pictured with musician Big Trill in an Instagram Stories post on Sunday
The rapper has built a following based on his material, which relates to his childhood in a violence-plagued area of Chicago.
His first two mixtapes – Welcome to Fazoland and Pistol P Project – came out in 2014, as he named both after friends who had died in violent incidents in the city.
Other albums he has released include Humble Beast in 2017, PTSD in 2020 and Survivor’s Remorse in 2022.
He chaired a Chicago-based youth program titled Swervin’ Through Stress, which focused on helping young people through a mental health crisis.