Chicago rap star G Herbo has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges that accused him of using information from stolen credit cards to pay for private jets, expensive meals, luxury cars & a stay at a Jamaican villa.
G Herbo, whose real name is Herbert Wright III, signed the agreement Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Boston, pleading guilty to 1 count of wire fraud & 1 count of lying to federal agents.
Under the deal, Wright faces as much as 20 years in prison, though the sentence could be a lot less. A hearing in the case is scheduled for later this month.
An indictment handed down in late 2020 accused Wright & 5 others of obtaining stolen credit card information from “dark web sites” & other places. They also used fake IDs, driver’s licenses & e-mail accounts in the names of aliases & real businesses to defraud people & companies.
Herbo, grew into something of a hometown hero as a teenager in the early 2010s, helping lead Chicago’s drill music to international prominence alongside fellow rappers & collaborators Chief Keef & Lil Durk.
While Wright has scored gold and platinum plaques &, his rise to fame continues to be hampered by legal issues.
Earlier this month, he was found with a loaded handgun during a traffic stop in the River North neighborhood.
Wright was charged with a misdemeanor count of unlawful use of a weapon after prosecutors denied felony charges, according to an arrest report. He didn’t face additional counts related to the nearly 300 grams of cannabis that was allegedly recovered during the stop in the first block of East Ontario.
He's been charged in a series of criminal cases since 2014, most of them involving drug & gun charges that have been dropped. Most recently, he pleaded guilty in 2019 to a misdemeanor gun charge & was sentenced to 2 years of probation.
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Source: Chicago Sun Times
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