In a shocking statement, it has been revealed that the rapper who alleged that he was arrested by Police right outside the bank for withdrawing money from his own account, was telling a big lie!
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reported it here over the weekend that a U.S rapper, Sam Benson, who goes by the stage name, Blac Youngsta, was stopped outside of a Wells Fargo Bank in Atlanta by police after he withdrew $200,000 cash from his own account on Friday Jan. 8th.
He said when he came out of the bank, a police officer pointed at him. According to him: "They come rushing me at the car, put me on the ground, putting guns to my head, so I’m like ‘What I’d do. A lady was like I’m not supposed to have…$200,000 on me. I’m like, ‘I’m a millionaire. How can I not have $200,000 on me?’"
He said police initially took $100,000 of his cash, but later returned the money to him and apologized. Sam said he had withdrawn the cash to buy a Maybach, but after the incident at the bank, he said he was thinking about buying a Ferrari instead. He said he had $1.3million in his account.
Wells Fargo Bank released an official statement, saying "Mr. Sam Benson is not an account holder with us. He did not enter our store nor did he make any withdrawals."
Sergeant Warren Pickard of the Atlanta Police Dept., said Benson and several of his associates were detained briefly and Benson had only $70,000 in his possession, not $200,000 and no money was taken from him.
Below is Wells Fargo Bank's official statement:
"On January 8, 2016, Atlanta Police Officers were dispatched to the Wells Fargo Bank, 3235 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Ga. The 911 caller stated that a male was trying to cash a forged check valued at $24,000. The description of the male provided to police was limited and conflicting.
The Video Integration Center (VIC) using the camera system were able to get a visual of a possible suspect inside a car in the parking lot of the bank. This information was relayed to officers on the scene. The car was stopped and everyone inside the car was briefly detained. It was quickly discovered that the person providing the description to police had provided the wrong description of the suspect. It was determined that the occupants of the vehicle were not involved. They were immediately released.
The caller identified Mr. Charles Darnell Edward (03/02/1976) as the male attempting to cash the fraudulent $24,000 CHECK. Mr. Edwards was arrested at the scene and charged with forgery in the first degree (felony).
The rapper, who identified himself as “Blac Youngsta," by coincidence happened to be at the bank at the same time. Upon police officers arriving on scene, they made a brief detention of him until a positive identification by the caller was made. This incident did not directly involved Blac Youngsta, nor was he accused of committing a crime."
Sergeant Warren Pickard,
Atlanta Police Department