This is what happens when female psychopaths start scamming?! Let’s get right to it!
4 - City Girls Behind City Bars Before City Girls, singer JT was known as Jatavia
Johnson, a Miami girl who came from nothing: hailing from a bad neighborhood, JT was among
the youngest of 16 brothers and sisters. After she reached seventh grade, JT was put out on her own,
sometimes staying with an aunt, and other times crashing at friends houses. JT had various day
jobs, from Whole Foods to Burger King, always working, but still struggling to make ends meet.
Getting fed up with the life she had, JT used a handful of stolen credit-card
numbers to buy clothes and various gift cards she felt she deserved.
JT showed off this time of her life in photos she posted on her social media: gifts for her niece,
a digital camera for a vacation, makeup artists for nights out with the girls.
She was eventually arrested in June of 2017 at a Nordstrom, after buying a pair of shoes.
Bad Timing
Shortly after her arrest, JT and the other half of City Girls, Yung Miami,
were discovered by hip-hop label Quality Control. And by Christmas, City Girls had
released their first official single, a song we’re not gonna repeat. We’re pretty sure this
song isn’t going to challenge Mariah Carey for most played song at Christmas any time soon.
Also released around the same time was “Where the Bag At,” a song about demanding money,
where JT repeats deeply poetic lines describing that she needs someone quote,
“who gon’ swipe them Visas”. This likely didn’t help her case.
JT pled guilty to aggravated identity theft and was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.
Her lawyer provided a schedule of upcoming City Girls shows leading up to a major appearance at
the BET Awards in June of that year - so the judge agreed to push back JT’s surrender date.
Then, a week before she was set to go in, JT’s lawyer requested another delay,
on account of a recent co-sign with Canada’s favorite son,
Drake- leaning into the fact that JT was a rising superstar in the hip hop industry.
The requested extension wasn’t fully granted,
but JT was permitted to perform at the awards show, and finish her verse for Drake.
After completing her commitments, JT honored her sentence and showed up to serve her time.
Incarcerated Girl
JT began her prison term in July 2018 and was set to be released on March 1, 2020- in the meantime,
City Girls continued to release singles and tracks, with the other half of the group,
Yung Miami doing everything she could to promote their music.
In an attempt to get an early release, JT argued her good behavior for over a
year should qualify her, leaving about eight and a half months of her sentence
remaining. While the request was denied, JT was transferred to a halfway house 5
months before her scheduled release, allowing her to continue her career.
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Since her incarceration and release JT has amassed a net worth of $1.5 million. That net worth
mostly comes from the group’s high appearance fees: they charge $40,000 for TV appearances,
and $15,000 for nightclub appearances- looks like she found a new way to rip people off.
3 - Her Mantria was to Steal Amanda Knorr, 35, was one of three people charged
over a green energy scheme that defrauded over 300 investors. Knorr and her college boyfriend,
Troy Wragg, founded Mantria Corp. Knorr’s company, Mantria, focused on green community development,
socially responsible investing, distressed real estate fund management, mortgage banking,
renewable energy, music and entertainment and philanthropy. So, pretty much everything.
The couple received more than $54 million from hundreds of investors within four years based on
promises of technology that would turn trash into fuel and 'carbon-negative' housing developments,
neither of which were ever fully developed. Mantria Corp. is known as the largest green
energy scam the U.S. has ever seen. Many victims lost their entire life savings.
“Green” Energy Mantria was a Ponzi
scheme in which new investor money was used to pay 'earnings' to prior investors often
without any actual product being sold. Mantria’s pitch was centered primarily
around a venture to produce biochar and a green real estate development in Tennessee. Biochar
is a charcoal-like substance made by burning organic material in a process called pyrolysis.
Biochar was supposed to take waste like used tires and household garbage and convert it
into an energy source and a fertilizer. By spreading this stuff all over your field
it could pull toxins out of the atmosphere. Knorr and Wragg were both honored by former
President Bill Clinton, a real pillar of morality himself, during a 2009 ceremony
for the Clinton Global Initiative for their plans to develop biochar technology that they
said would sequester carbon dioxide and reduce emissions in developing countries.
Easy Targets Knorr and Wragg
lied to investors, along with Colorado wealth adviser Wayde McKelvy. McKlevy ran get rich quick
seminars to pitch their biochar technology and a carbon-negative housing development in Tennessee.
Through his Speed of Wealth seminars, one featuring John Elway, McKlevy overstated claims
that Mantria had already made millions of dollars and promised investment returns as high as 484%.
McKlevy specifically targeted elderly investors and taught them how to liquidate all their assets,
such as mutual funds and 401k plans, then told them to take out as many loans as possible,
and invest it all in Mantria. Many of them did. However, Mantria's environmental initiatives
hadn’t been profitable. Biochar is very expensive to produce and Mantria only had one plant that was
just starting out, not the claimed 25, the housing development wasn’t anything more than vacant lots
resold at a loss, and the early returns paid to investors had been funded almost exclusively from
new investments. Spend Hard
So where did all these retiree’s life savings go? Wragg claims he didn't spend lavishly despite the
influx of millions to their company- merely living in a 1,200-square-foot home, and said
there was no Lamborghini parked out front. He was, however, driving around in a Mercedes
SLK350 with a "MANTRIA" vanity license plate- granted, it’s not an elite luxury vehicle,
but it’s not a Honda Civic either.. Along with funding their lifestyles,
there was the creation of Mantria Records, a record label that invested money in a rapper
called IceBloc. Mantria Records funded a music video for IceBloc that ridiculously featured
Wragg and Knorr. Bio-Charred
A lawsuit was able to recover about $6 million for victims of the scheme. Another $800,000 was placed
in a receivership but has yet to be paid out. Of the $54 million invested in Mantria,
$17 million had been paid out to early investors. But when the Securities Exchange Commission shut
Mantria down, only $790,000 remained from the other $37 million. Knorr and
Wragg both pled guilty after being charged. While out on bail waiting for his sentence,
Wragg hatched another scheme where he solicited an investment in an online video dating service
that was about to be purchased by a well-known entrepreneur. Of course, there was no deal
and the victim lost her entire investment. Troy Wragg was deemed a continued threat to
the public, and received a harsher sentence of 22 years in prison and $54 million restitution.
Wayde McKelvy was sentenced to 18 years in prison, five years of supervised release,
and ordered to pay $37 million restitution. Amanda Knorr was sentenced in Philadelphia
federal court to only 30 months in federal prison, and ordered to pay $37 million restitution.
Maybe these three should invest in a little morality.
2 - Give Me Your Tax Returns! Tanya M. Fox spent $4 million on a BMW 7 Series,
an Infiniti M35, a Chrysler Crossfire, Volkswagen Beetle, and a Maserati, two cosmetic surgeries,
and she opened a restaurant in Orlando, Florida. But Fox didn’t earn her $4 million the old
fashioned way our fathers and grandfathers did- by playing the state lottery- she actually opened
bank accounts in the name of fake tax-prep businesses to file for fraudulent returns,
then used other people to withdraw those returns. Fox filed over 3,590 false tax returns on behalf
of 3,023 different victims. Real Punishment
Fox used Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and names of patients- most of whom
were teenagers- at the health department to file the returns and obtain nearly $4.1
million. Two health-department employees, Shanterica Smith and Gerald Williams, and
Williams' brother Delray Duncan, were arrested, admitting that they were paid roughly $45,000 to
steal patients' information. The investigation started when sheriffs were searching a house
and discovered a handwritten list with about 150 names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers.
Mastermind During her trial, Fox was
deemed the mastermind behind the scheme, given the more severe punishment of 20 years for aggravated
identity theft, wire fraud and conspiracy, as well as theft of government property.
While the sentence was viewed by some as harsh, the judge brought up the aggravating factor of
bribing three members of the health department to get her hands on the identities. Further,
the majority of the stolen identities belong to teenagers who will be unaware that their
identities had been stolen and the problems that will create until they try to buy a house
or a car in the future. All of Fox’s assets were seized in order to pay restitution.
Her co-conspirator Gerald Williams received 4 1/2 years, Delray Duncan got 3 1/2 years,
and Shanterica Smith was sentenced to five years. 1 - Queen Tax Fraud
Rashia Wilson was the self-proclaimed queen of IRS tax fraud- apparently tax
fraud has a monarchy? She posted a message on Facebook, in all capital letters for emphasis,
claiming that she’s a millionaire, for the record, so if we had thought the police
indicting her would be easy, it wouldn’t be. Honestly, we thought it WOULD have been easy.
Wilson promised us that we need more than quote, “black and white” to hold her down. That was the
message to the rat who went and told on her, although her meaning still seems a bit vague?
Wilson’s post goes on in disbelief about the police’s possible indictment plans,
as if the 1st lady- so wait, now she’s not a queen?- didn’t have
the Tampa Bay Police Department under her spell. Wait, she’s a witch now?
Her majesty reminded us that at that moment, she ran Tampa, so she wouldn’t have to do any time.
But Wilson obviously meant no time OTHER than the 21 years she had gotten for wire fraud,
aggravated identity theft, and being a felon/queen/witch in possession of a firearm.
Not a Megan From April 2009
to September 2012, Queen and First Lady Rashia Wilson and her co-conspirator, Maurice J. Larry,
ran a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by fraudulently obtaining
tax refunds. They received U.S. Treasury checks and prepaid debit cards that were
loaded with funds derived from filing false income tax returns in other peoples' names.
Wilson and Larry filed these tax returns from various locations, including Wilson's Own home
and various hotels throughout Tampa. Wilson and Larry then used these refunds to make hundreds
of thousands of dollars in retail purchases, to buy money orders, and to withdraw cash.
During the unpredicted investigation, agents searched Wilson's house and Larry's storage unit,
where they discovered thousands of names and social security numbers. Agents also found
high-end accessories, jewelry, and a firearm in Wilson's home. Further, additional reloadable
debit cards loaded with fraudulent tax refunds were found in both locations.
Wilson, who often referred to herself as the "First Lady" and "Queen of Tax
Fraud,"- titles she chose for herself- spent $30,000 on her daughter's first birthday party
and had purchased a new Audi for $90,000. The IRS estimated that the actual loss from
Wilson and Larry's scheme was $2,240,096.39, though the royal couple’s potential theft was
in excess of $11 million. Public Court
At her trial, Wilson’s defense brought in a psychologist who explained that
she suffers from bipolar disorder that was first diagnosed from a young age,
and that the absurd bragging is consistent with her disorder. Wilson
had a rough upbringing, struggled in school, and eventually dropped out.
However, the judge couldn’t ignore the fact that Wilson stole over $3 million from the
government- an unfortunate upbringing and a mental disorder didn’t give her a pass.
The judge sentenced Rashia Wilson to 21 years in federal prison for wire fraud,
aggravated identity theft, and being a felon in possession of a firearm as well as the
forfeiture of $2,240,096.39, which constitutes the proceeds traceable to the offense. This was
quite an unusually hefty sentence for the amount of money she had stolen. In fact,
a petition was set up on change dot org calling for a lesser sentence for her.
It probably didn’t help her case that she chose to scam the government,
and that she talked trash while doing it! Click to watch one of these next videos!
Let us know in the comment section whether or not
you think the judge gave Rashia too hefty of a sentence or not!