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Clipse Associate Indicted, Accused Of Running $10 Million Drug Ring
By Allen Starbury ♦ Published 04/28/2009

The ClipseAnthony "Geezy" Gonzalez, an affiliate of Virginia rap duo The Clipse, turned himself into federal authorities in Miami on Tuesday (April 28) after being accused of running a $10 million drug ring.

According to The Virginian-Pilot, 34-year-old Gonzalez will appear before a federal magistrate in Miami on Wednesday (April 29), and is expected to be returned to Virginia to face an 82-count indictment.

The Feds say he ran a six-year drug operation from his Encore Lounge nightclub, which he purchased for 40 pounds of marijuana and $80,000 in drug proceeds.

During those six years, his operation is accused of distributing more than a ton of marijuana and more than 100 pounds of cocaine since 2003 throughout Hampton Roads. The drugs were obtained mostly from Panama, Arizona, California and Florida, either by plane or driven to VA via vehicles with hidden compartments.

He's accused of laundering drug proceeds through various businesses -- including Soul Providers Management, Soul Providers Entertainment, D&A Trucking and the Encore Lounge nightclub. Soul Providers Management is listed as the booking agent for The Clipse.

The suspects claimed to be "music producers, rappers, entrepreneurs, club owners, clothing designers and other legitimate occupations in order to conceal the true source of their income," the indictment said, according to the paper.

Gonzalez and other suspects -- including brothers Raymond D. McCoy and John Lee McCoy III, and Richard W. Hoggard -- all lived lavish lifestyles, styling at ritzy resorts while picking up large quantities of cocaine and marijuana at a time.

Gonzalez is said to be the ringleader, overseeing large transactions, while his underlings traveled the country handling the smaller deals. In one transaction, he is accused of purchasing 625 pounds of marijuana for $540,000 in May 2007 from a supplier in Arizona. In another, he's accused of buying 10 kilos of cocaine for $200,000.

Thanks to drug profits, Gonzalez afforded himself lavish toys such as a $127,000 Bentley sedan and a $90,000 Mercedes-Benz.

In addition to Gonzalez, six others are named, as well as an unidentified police officer as a co-conspirator.

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  • im your pusha

    I GOT IT 4 CHEAP!

    this is insane, on the song addiction on the play clothes mixtape they shout out to "Geezy" and Encore night club and reference it being shut down. lol oops

  • joesmuck

    I hope he walks

  • Atrain

    I'm sorry to say...but if you're payin $864 a lb & $20,000 a block, you aint runnin a multi-million dollar nothin! cuz you're gettin f**ked by your supplier baaaaaaad!!! get ya weight up!

  • Noturconcern

    So, Atrain, why dont you explain to us how to get ur weight up, since you seem to know about prices and weight.

    ... ok...!!

    Anyway,

    Geezy, Geezy, Geezy...got sloppy, slipped up and got picked up.

  • 757

    The info they have if from an informant. Why would they let him stay on the street for 6 years when they say they had the money and drugs in the same spot and did not get him then???????? Those figures are not real. Something they put on paper to get a warrent to lock him up!!

  • Suitguy

    Stupid clowns trying to flash drug cash White coller crime pays just ask the jews

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    A Train is a damn fool!!!!

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  • jonace1224

    whatever happened to j mccoy?  we use to work together

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