The 53-year-old has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for using stolen credit cards to live large in hotels and limousines while claiming to be associated with the legendary rap group.
Walker Washington isn’t the only scam artist to be incarcerated for the crude plot which was blown up in November of 2019 when Fairfield Inn and Suites staff reported Washington and his 29-year-old co-defendant, Aaron Barnes-Burpo, to the FBI and Richmond County Sheriff’s Office after they tried to rent 10 rooms at the Augusta location.
The pair began impersonating members of Wu-Tang Clan and JAY-Z’s production company Roc Nation as early as September of 2019.
Throughout their fraudlent crime spree Barnes-Burpo allegedly recruited two homeless men from Atlanta to pose as their body guard’s, as they managed to run up outstanding tabs with multiple businesses including two Atlanta lodging properties, The Georgian Terrace Hotel and Hyatt Regency, worth $45,000 and $39,000 respectively, and a Rolls Royce rental valued at over $60,000, among countless other finesses.
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A Georgia man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for using stolen credit cards to live large in hotels and limousines while claiming to have ties to the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
Walker Washington of Augusta was sentenced to 100 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, David H. Estes, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, said in a news release.
U.S. District Judge Dudley H. Bowen also ordered Washington, 53, to pay about $300,000 to 19 businesses defrauded in the scheme, according to the release. He must serve three years of supervised release after his prison term is completed. There is no parole in the federal system.
Wu-Tang Clan imposter gets prison for cheating hotels, limos
April 30, 2021
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) A Georgia man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for using stolen credit cards to live large in hotels and limousines while claiming to have ties to the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
Walker Washington of Augusta was sentenced to 100 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, David H. Estes, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, said in a news release.
U.S. District Judge Dudley H. Bowen also ordered Washington, 53, to pay about $300,000 to 19 businesses defrauded in the scheme, according to the release. He must serve three years of supervised release after his prison term is completed. There is no parole in the federal system.
April 30, 2021 - 12:36 PM
AUGUSTA, Ga. - A Georgia man has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison for using stolen credit cards to live large in hotels and limousines while claiming to have ties to the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan.
Walker Washington of Augusta was sentenced to 100 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, David H. Estes, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, said in a news release.
U.S. District Judge Dudley H. Bowen also ordered Washington, 53, to pay about $300,000 to 19 businesses defrauded in the scheme, according to the release. He must serve three years of supervised release after his prison term is completed. There is no parole in the federal system.