Detroit rapper Selfmade Kash charged with credit card fraud after bragging about committing crime in tracks
'Woods claimed to be sophisticated at credit card fraud when, in fact, he is not,' prosecutors said
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Your support makes all the difference.A Detroit rapper was hit with credit card fraud charges last week after bragging about committing the crime in his tracks and could face up to 20 years in jail.
Selfmade Kash, whose real name is Jonathan Woods, was charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of unauthorised access devices, the Detroit Times reported. He is currently being held in custody.
Some of the 25-year-old rapper’s tracks include “In Swipe I Trust” and “Swipe God Freestyle.”
In the latter track, Mr Woods raps the following lyrics: “I got them in they feelings / Off these swipes I made a killing / I made 10 ain’t have to split it.”
Federal prosecutors dissed the young rapper in a statement on Thursday, saying that the rapper isn’t as skilled at credit card fraud as he claims to be in his music.
“Woods claimed to be sophisticated at credit card fraud when, in fact, he is not,” prosecutors said. “Woods frequently posts pictures and videos on Twitter and Instagram containing large amounts of money, credit cards, and credit card skimmers to promote his proclivity for credit card fraud.”
According to NME, the prosecutors also said the alleged credit card fraud is dated back to May 2017. They claim that Woods’s social media accounts to influence followers on how to engage in credit card-related crime.
Mr Woods has also been accused of selling 36,400 of his Instagram followers information on how to find the best bank identification numbers on the dark web.
“Woods, in turn, sells information on how to commit identity theft and credit card fraud,” the prosecution wrote in their indictment, before citing that the information the rapper sold were “worthless and many of the BINs were nonexistent.”