Eleven gang members with ties to the dark, violent “drill rap scene” in Brooklyn were arrested in February for allegedly attempting to turn Covid-19 relief programs into a “bottomless ATM,” NYPD officials and federal prosecutors said. The group conspired to steal $20 million in unemployment funds and managed to steal $4.3 million.
According to the NY Daily News, a federal probe by the Department of Labor Inspector General’s office revealed that the suspects used stolen identities to fraudulently claim unemployment benefits via ATM cards, direct deposits, and paper checks, making it easy for criminals to cash in on one identity after another.
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