Rapper Fontrell Antonio Baines, known by the alias 'Nuke Bizzle' was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison for defrauding the U.S. government for COVID-19 relief funds.
authorities initially arrested Baines in September 2020 after he was found carrying eight debit cards, seven of which were in different names.
Baines also admitted to having an illegal semi-automatic pistol with 14 rounds of ammunition at his Hollywood Hills home in 2020."Baines also trafficked narcotics," the DOJ said. "On January 31, 2020, at Memphis International Airport. Baines attempted to check a bag containing various controlled substances, including oxycodone, promethazine with codeine, alprazolam and more than seven pounds of marijuana.
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