"The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room," a legendary criminal once said, but apparently nobody told that to the "Woo gang" in Brooklyn:
Nearly a dozen men associated with the Brooklyn-based Woo gang were charged Thursday with allegedly stealing more than $4 million in COVID-19 relief cash — and boasting about the scam in a music video, the feds said.
The 11 suspects – nine of whom live in Brooklyn – used personal information, including driver's license numbers, from 800 people to submit unemployment claims worth about $20 million, according to a criminal complaint against them...
The gang members were able to fleece some $4.3 million from the unemployment program between March 2020 and October 2021 as part of the scam, the feds said.
Crime is a lucrative business, I guess—until you get busted for it. And guess what? The cops usually catch up to you if you fraudulently snatch up $4 million in federal cash.
You're especially likely to get nabbed if you—I don't know—openly rap about your crimes on your YouTube channel:
A number of the suspects allegedly flashed stacks of the cash on social media – and made reference to the scam in a rap video for the song "Trappin," according to the complaint unsealed in the Eastern District of New York Thursday.
The song includes the lyrics: "Unemployment got us working a lot," a reference to the scheme, according to federal prosecutors.
Yeah I got a word of advice for anyone who boosts an insane amount of federal cash and then wants to sing about it in public:
