WASHINGTON - An Atlanta rapper with a penchant for peeing naked from balconies was busted on dozens of fraud charges as part of a Trump administration fraud crackdown to recover nearly $42 million in food stamp funds meant for needy families.

Mercedes New, an influencer, rapper and apparent adult content creator in Atlanta who goes by the name Shawty Dred, for years flaunted his lavish lifestyle on social media by posting photos of trips in private jets, Rolls-Royces and Maybachs.

He also shared pictures of himself on social media counting fat stacks of cash - and even set the bills on fire.

9 Rapper and social media influencer Mercedes New, also known as Shawty Dred, shows off his wealth in a photo posted to Instagram. Instagram/richlifeshawtydred 9 Mercedes New posing off in front of a mansion and Rolls Royce Cullinan car. Instagram/richlifeshawtydred

Between January 2020 and July 2026, the 39-year-old rapper allegedly raided state-administered Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding by creating more than 350 fake accounts based on stolen identities with the Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family   Children Services (DFCS).

The flamboyant rapper, who sports blingy necklaces and poses in front of mansions, then allegedly obtained hundreds of fraudulent SNAP EBT debit cards by having them mailed to multiple addresses in the metro Atlanta region.

He later sold them on the streets for cash or used them at his own company, Shawty Dred LLC, after setting it up as a SNAP retailer.

While running what turned out to be a $4.6 million fraud scheme, the social media sensation would take to Instagram or TikTok to taunt his viewers as  broke motherf-kers  while he spent the alleged ill-gotten gains on vacations, clothes and jewelry.

Prosecutors earlier this month indicted New on 46 counts of mail fraud, 15 counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of food stamp fraud, making him one of more than 40 defendants charged by federal prosecutors in recent weeks for defrauding SNAP and related programs.

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