Ed Gaines
Oct 19, 20201 min
Rapper Nuke Bizzle has been arrested by federal agents after he bragged in a music video about getting fraudulent unemployment benefits.
Nuke Bizzle "boasted in a YouTube music video about getting rich from committing unemployment benefits fraud.”
He was allegedly part of a scheme to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
Bizzle and several of his pals utilized fake addresses to obtain pre-loaded benefit cards. They ended up getting over $700,000 in cash.
Bizzle is facing a maximum of 22 years in prison.