They're gonna be shocked when they get 30 years in federal prison, instead of 6 months probation.

[shortylickens]

Street gangs arent as clever as they think.

‘Unemployment got us workin’ a lot’: Brooklyn gang charged with stealing $4.3 million in COVID-19 relief after flashing their cash in a YouTube music video

Unless, their plan all along was free room and board. And health care.

 

[hal2kilo]

Street gangs arent as clever as they think.

‘Unemployment got us workin’ a lot’: Brooklyn gang charged with stealing $4.3 million in COVID-19 relief after flashing their cash in a YouTube music video

Unless, their plan all along was free room and board. And health care.

So the money dance wasn't worth it?

 

[shortylickens]

Not gonna lie, if I could, I would throw cash at a stripper or my neighbors sister-in-law.
But that aint never gonna happen.

 

[BUTCH1]

Idiots, guess they missed this important message preached by Jimmy from "Goodfellas" about NOT flashing the cash after a huge score,

 

[pauldun170]

Prosecutors say that between March 2020 and October 2021, the men got hold of the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of 800 people, and used them to submit nearly 1,000 claims to New York State’s Department of Labor for unemployment benefits related to pandemic assistance programs.

While many of the claims were rejected, several hundred were approved, and prosecutors say the men had debit cards containing the benefit payments sent to mailing addresses to which they had access.

These idiots may provide comic relief by providing some nice stereotypical imagery\archetypes that please people who get their wibblies tickled by all the keywords.....but these guys are just the tip of the iceberg.

PUA fraud
Most of the theft has focused on Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, a temporary program created by the federal CARES Act in March. It offers unemployment benefits to workers who don’t ordinarily qualify, like the self-employed, gig workers, freelancers, contractors and part-timers.
Con artists are attracted to a potentially hefty payday — perhaps more than $10,000 or $20,000 per fraudulent claim — and lax security measures initially put in place to rush money to ailing Americans.

Scammers have taken $36 billion in fraudulent unemployment payments from American workers

The U.S. has lost at least $36 billion to unemployment fraud since the spring. The new Covid relief law clamps down, but may harm workers in the process.

www.cnbc.com

The massive sham springs from prior identity theft from banks, credit rating agencies, health care systems and retailers. Fraud perpetrators, sometimes in China, Nigeria or Russia, buy stolen personal identifying information on the dark web and use it to flood state unemployment systems with bogus claims.
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating unemployment fraud by “transnational criminal organizations, sophisticated domestic actors, and individuals across the United States,” said Joshua Stueve, a spokesman for the department’s criminal division.
The Labor Department inspector general’s office estimates that more than $63 billion has been paid out improperly through fraud or errors — roughly 10% of the total amount paid under coronavirus pandemic-related unemployment programs since March.

State unemployment systems face ‘epidemic of fraud’; $63 billion paid out wrongly across US

The Labor Department inspector general’s office estimates more than $63 billion in unemployment benefits was paid due to fraud or errors — roughly 10% of the total amount under pandemic-related programs.

www.chicagotribune.com

The Most Brazen $400 Billion Unemployment Funds Heist In History

During the chaotic days of the pandemic, it's alleged that an international ring of nefarious fraudsters stole over $400 billion from the U. S government.

www.forbes.com

 

[pauldun170]

Idiots, guess they missed this important message preached by Jimmy from "Goodfellas" about NOT flashing the cash after a huge score,

The mob have been scamming the employment system for decades. They are probably looking at the losers in the original article and mumbling "amateur's".
Always shook my head when wannabe Italians would try and brag about family members who are connected or the ole "I know a guy" bullshit.
Fuck you asshole, your uncle is piece0 of shit criminal gang member.

 

[Muse]

Prosecutors said the gang was ultimately caught, in part, because members posted numerous pictures and videos of themselves online, flashing gang signs and piles of cash, often while standing in front of luxury cars, including Lamborghini and Mercedes Benz vehicles.

It's amazing how many criminals hang themselves by publicizing their crimes before, during and/or after perpetration. You'd think a sane person wouldn't want people to know. But criminals are seldom if ever sane.

 

[Greenman]

It's amazing how many criminals hang themselves by publicizing their crimes before, during and/or after perpetration. You'd think a sane person wouldn't want people to know. But criminals are seldom if ever sane.

Just as amazing is that an investigator watching youtube videos all day is doing a great job.

The world is almost to weird for me.

 

[cytg111]

Just as amazing is that an investigator watching youtube videos all day is doing a great job.

The world is almost to weird for me.

Not almost old man, not almost.



Its definitely whoooshing over your head on an hourly basis.

 

[pmv]

Pretty sure that's happened before. Been some weirder examples, as well.

Mafia fugitive caught after posting cooking show on YouTube

The Italian gangster had tried to hide his face but was identified by his distinctive tattoos.

www.bbc.co.uk

A fugitive Italian gangster's urge to show off his cooking skills has landed him in jail after seven years on the run.
Italian police tracked down Marc Feren Claude Biart, 53, through the culinary videos he had uploaded to YouTube.
While he carefully hid his face, he failed to disguise his body tattoos.

 

[shortylickens]

well, professional criminals (i.e. CEO's and major shareholders) are much better at keeping their crimes hidden, and we still caught them. So..... I don't expect much from amateur criminals like murderers and rapists and jaywalkers.