In a new interview with Drink Champs, G Herbo spoke about his wire fraud case for the first time publicly since being sentenced to three years of probation.
As we previously reported, the Chicago rapper got tied into some legal issues after it was reported that he used stolen credit card info to pay for private jet excursions, vacations, car rentals, and even “designer puppies.”
As a result, Herbo was hit with three years probation on Thursday and will also have to cough up $139,968 in restitution for purchases he made in the alleged scheme. The rapper was also hit with a $5,500 fine.
While speaking on Drink Champs, here’s what the Chicago rapper had to say about the whole case: “I have to give all praise to God for sure but it was a lot of money and a lot of money in the courts to stay free and at the end of the day it was taking accountability for a minor role in some sh*t.”
“Everybody that knows me, I’m being personal this was sh*t I was able to sit across from my judge and tell him. I barely know how to use my cell phone, I ain’t never committed fraud against anybody. I accepted full accountability for whatever my role was in the situation.”
Herbo and several other people in his camp were charged with using stolen identities to make hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges for goods and services. In his plea agreement, the Chicago rapper admitted that he “used the proceeds from these frauds to travel to various concert venues and to advance his career by posting photographs and/or videos of himself on the private jets, in the exotic cars, and at the Jamaican villa.”
According to the Chicago Tribune, the prosecution uncovered up to $1.5 million in stolen goods and services. It was also alleged that Herbo and his crew had been involved in the scheme for the past four years, accumulating around $2 million in expenses.