The leaders of the scheme allegedly recruited homeless people to fill various roles. One of the co-defendants is the Bay Area rapper Kafani, who is awaiting sentencing.
OAKLAND — An Antioch woman who was homeless when she was recruited in a multimillion dollar identity theft scheme involving Bay Area rappers has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison, court records show.
The lead defendant in the case is Amir Rashad, also known as Mark Django Hicks, a well-known Bay Area rapper who uses the stage name Kafani. Both Rashad and his half-brother, Demarcus Hicks, have pleaded guilty to multiple federal offenses and are awaiting sentencing. Rashad was charged while on supervised release for another fraud conviction.
One of the co-defendants, Christopher Pool, was homeless and in a relationship with Arreola-Martin when they were both recruited by people known to them as “King” and “Supreme.” Both were living in a tent in Stockton at the time, and offered a cut of the action if they signed fraudulent loan documents. Arreola-Martin was recruited because “we need a granny,” Rashad allegedly told a co-defendant.
“They got this homeless man cleaned-up and instructed him to shave, and they bought him clothes at Goodwill,” Skorochod’s attorney wrote in a sentencing memo. “They then directed him to take a passport picture. Skorochod was forced to surrender this picture to Costello, who provided the photo to an unidentified coconspirator to create false identifications.”
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