NBA YoungBoy‘s authorized troubles proceed to worsen as he now faces extra costs in his prescription drug fraud case.
YoungBoy (actual title Kentrell Gaulden) was beforehand charged with 63 counts referring to identification fraud, forgery, acquiring a prescription beneath false pretences, possession of a harmful weapon by a restricted individual, a sample of illegal exercise and possession of a managed substance.
The controversial rapper has now had extra costs added to his sheet together with possession of a firearm by a restricted individual and two counts of acquiring a prescription with out permission, in keeping with KUTV.
Weber County’s Legal professional’s Workplace in Utah have requested the 24-year-old proceed to be held with out bail and said: “There may be clear and convincing proof that the defendant would represent a considerable hazard to some other particular person or to the neighborhood, or is prone to flee the jurisdiction of the court docket, if launched on bail.”
YoungBoy was arrested final month in reference to a prescription drug fraud ring in Utah.
YoungBoy’s alleged scheme labored like this, in keeping with the affidavit: “A suspect calls in a prescription, claiming the identification of an actual physician and utilizing a fraudulent affected person title and birthday, all for Promethazine with Codeine. Someday after the prescriptions are known as in, they’re stuffed and picked up by [YoungBoy and/or people referred to as ‘Known Associates’ 1 and 2].”
The rapper even allegedly impersonated a physician through the scheme however raised suspicion when he used the phrase “axed” as an alternative of “requested.”
YoungBoy has but to touch upon his arrest or the extra costs he now faces.
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The Final Slimeto star was on home arrest in Salt Lake Metropolis on the time of his arrest. He had been confined there since late 2021 after being indicted in his native Louisiana on costs of “felon in possession of a firearm.”
YoungBoy, who was beforehand convicted in 2017 of aggravated assault with a weapon, was allegedly discovered with two weapons throughout a September 2020 music video shoot in Baton Rouge.
He was later arrested on these costs in Los Angeles following a quick chase. One other gun was present in his automobile throughout that arrest, resulting in an analogous case introduced towards him by federal prosecutors in California.
In 2022, YoungBoy was acquitted on these costs however remains to be awaiting trial in Louisiana over the unique indictment.
