{"id":314959,"date":"2021-08-03T22:17:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T19:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-gang-members-busted-in-ride-share-robbery-scam-da\/"},"modified":"2021-08-03T22:17:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T19:17:05","slug":"nyc-gang-members-busted-in-ride-share-robbery-scam-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-gang-members-busted-in-ride-share-robbery-scam-da\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC gang members busted in ride-share robbery scam: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC gang members busted in ride-share robbery scam: DA<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Four gang members have been busted in a ride-share scheme that targeted more than 50 drivers and netted over $6,500, authorities said. <\/p>\n

Their indictment was unsealed as part of a 30 Block Crew takedown linking the gang members to a Bronx car-dealership shooting, pandemic unemployment scam and a dozen illegal guns. <\/p>\n

Daijon Crawford, 21, Aaron Heredia, 21, Zykeith Fearon, 21, and Kelechi Ogidi, 21, were indicted in Manhattan Supreme Court after allegedly arranging an \u201cextensive high-tech scheme\u201d in which the riders robbed their Uber or Lyft drivers starting in May 2020, according to District Attorney Cy Vance\u00a0Jr. <\/p>\n

The crew would book rides with destinations right next to their pick-up spots, according to the Manhattan DA. <\/p>\n

When the driver pointed out the issue, one of the men would then ask the driver if they could use their phone to call a friend for the right address, while another would distract the operator, authorities said. <\/p>\n

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The scheme involved transferring the Uber or Lyft driver\u2019s in-app<\/a> earning to their bank account.<\/figcaption>
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The crew would then transfer the driver\u2019s in-app earnings to their bank account, officials said. <\/p>\n

The investigation into the scheme also revealed that the four men, along with Akeyle Baker, 22,\u00a0posted fraudulent money orders on social media<\/a>, authorities said. Investigators later uncovered that the money orders were purchased with more than $300,000 in pandemic-relief unemployment dough from nine states. <\/p>\n

The investigation, which included the Bronx DA\u2019s office and NYPD, also yielded 12 illegal firearms and $100,000 in cash, authorities said. <\/p>\n

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Daijon Crawford, Aaron Heredia, Zykeith Fearon and Akeyle Baker were charged last week in a shooting at a Bronx car dealership.<\/figcaption>
NYPD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Crawford, Heredia, Fearon and Baker were charged last week in the shooting of two innocent people at a Bronx car dealership. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs alleged, members of 30 Block did not limit their pandemic crimes to stealing from essential workers or plundering unemployment funds meant to be a lifeline for the most vulnerable \u2013 they also helped drive a surge of gun violence in what would become a very bloody summer,\u201d Vance said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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