Nanawoods Napoleon, an actor on the webseries "Money and Violence," was busted Wednesday on charges including grand larceny
Nanawoods Napoleon, an actor on the webseries "Money and Violence," was busted Wednesday on c
harges including grand larceny.
Life is imitating art for Nanawoods Napolean.
The actor in a web series about crime in Brooklyn was arrested for using fake credit cards to go on a nearly $15,000 shopping spree at a Queens clothing store, officials said Thursday.
Napolean, 27, the star of the Lionsgate series “Money and Violence,” was hit with multiple grand larceny, identity theft and forgery charges after cops found him with more than two dozen fake credit cards under 29 different names, police sources said.
After tracking down the people whose names appeared on Napolean’s credit cards, investigators found out that none had lost their cards. The numbers had been stolen and placed on fake Capital One credit cards, according to court documents.
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Napolean is accused of using the cards on 43 different occasions in May and June at Jimmy Jazz, a hip-hop clothing store on Rockaway Blvd. in Woodmere, officials said.
Napolean is accused of using the cards on 43 different occasions in May and June at Jimmy Jazz, a hip-hop clothing store on Rockaway Blvd. in Woodmere.
Workers at the store couldn’t comment on Napolean’s arrest, but said the star racked up about $15,000 in purchases before his scam was discovered.
Napolean plays Kane in “Money and Violence,” which Lionsgate describes as a “crime epic about gangsters, stick-up kids, hustlers, players and everyone in between set in a Brooklyn that is largely ignored by mainstream media.”
Napolean’s character is “a young man who was protected by the menacing reputation of his brother all his life, but after his brother's death, he is forced to fend for himself," the show's website says.
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Napolean was ordered held on $5,000 bail at his arraignment Wednesday. He’s been arrested four times since 2009, including a June 2 bust in which he was hit with possession of a forged instrument and driving with suspended registration charges, according to court documents.
Lionsgate did not return an email request for comment.
Attempts to reach Napolean were unsuccessful Thursday afternoon, but a woman at his Queens home who identified herself as the actor’s wife said he was innocent of any wrongdoing.
“That never happened,” she said before going back inside.
Another relative called Napolean “an entrepreneur.”
“He's part of our family,” the cousin said. “He's not a bad guy, he's a good guy, actually.”