According to court documents obtained by XXL on Wednesday (May 5), Herbo, born Herbert Wright III, has been charged with lying to the feds during a voluntary interview with a U.S. special agent and a special agent for the FBI in 2018.
The legal document, which was filed on Tuesday (May 4) in the United States District Court District of Massachusetts, includes information that on or about Nov. 24, 2018, the Chicago rapper knowingly and willfully made the following materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statements and representations in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch of the Government of the United States, that is, during a voluntary interview with a Special Agent of the United States Secret Service and a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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Chicago rapper G Herbo accused of lying to federal agents
G Herbo (Photo credit: Eddy “Precise” Lamarre for rolling out)
Chicago rapper G Herbo was accused Tuesday, May 5 of lying to a federal agent, adding a third federal charge to an indictment that already includes allegations of fraud and identity theft.
G Herbo, whose real name is Herbert Wright III, allegedly told a federal agent in Nov. 2018 that he never knew or worked with rap-promoter Antonio Strong, who was among five people indicted with him in December, according to
ABC News.
Strong identified himself as Wright’s manager when he allegedly used stolen credit card information and IDs to pay for private jets, expensive meals and designer puppies beginning in March 2016, according to the indictment filed in the U.S. District Court in Springfield, Massachusetts.