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[Remy Ma] How far would you go
to come up
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within a system
built to hold you down?
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These are the true stories of
real people
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who had good intentions
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but got caught up
by bad decisions.
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It's a wild ride
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from all the way up
to all the way down
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and back around again.
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I'm Remy Ma,
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and I'm proof
that even a wrong turn
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can still lead to redemption.
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This is "My True Crime Story."
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{\an7}I didn‘t have any fear.
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{\an7}Once you give me that power,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hit‘s over.
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{\an7}I‘m going into the stores,
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{\an7}I‘m swiping millions of dollars
of electronics
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hand I had access
to endless credit cards.
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{\an7}It was like, limitless.
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{\an7}[Remy] This is a cautionary tal
about how a young girl
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{\an7}from Brooklyn, New York,
\h\h\h\hwho started out
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{\an7}just trying to take care
\h\h\h\hof her parents,
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{\an7}\hLike my mom is the best
person in the world to me.
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{\an7}[Remy] But became the swipe
\h\h\h\h\hqueen of New York.
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{\an7}She‘s like the credit
\h\hcard fraud queen,
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{\an7}Shawana King.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hI had no idea
that she was so young.
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{\an7}\hI always made sure
I looked like money,
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{\an7}smelled like money.
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{\an7}\h\h\hWhen you put yourself
in a position to get money,
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{\an7}you can get it.
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{\an7}[Remy] This was a full-blown
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\henterprise
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{\an7}\h\hand Shawana King
was on the come up.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIn my head,
I knew I was that [bleep].
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{\an7}I knew I was the bomb.
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{\an7}[Remy] But in the world
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof fraud,
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{\an7}there‘s no such thing
\has without a trace.
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{\an7}[Shawana] Security comes up to
\h\h\h\h\hme and they‘re like,
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{\an7}"can you come to the back?"
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{\an7}\h\hI‘m like, "yes,
is there a problem?"
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{\an7}And they like, "yeah,
\hthere is a problem."
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{\an7}[Remy] Is the swipe queen
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof New York
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{\an7}in her multimillion-dollar scam
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{\an7}really about to go down
\h\hin flames like this?
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{\an7}Well, you have more proof?
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{\an7}Oh, of course I have--
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{\an7}[Remy] This is definitely not
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{\an7}how Shawana saw this
\h\hall going down.
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{\an7}Today, Brooklyn may be known as
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{\an7}the hipster capital
\h\h\hof the world,
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{\an7}\h\hbut back in the 90s when
Shawana King was growing up,
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{\an7}Crooklyn was on the map
\h\h\hfor other reasons.
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{\an7}At the time, Brooklyn‘s Finest
told the stories to the world
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{\an7}through joints and rhymes,
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{\an7}and if you don‘t know,
\h\h\h\hnow you know.
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{\an7}\hSeventy-seven neighborhoods,
two million different stories.
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{\an7}\hThe one thing all BK
natives have in common
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{\an7}is crazy resilience
\h\hand O.D. pride.
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{\an7}Shawana King and her family
\h\h\h\h\hwere no different.
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{\an7}[Shawana] So growing up,
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{\an7}\h\hI was with my mom
from Monday to Friday
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{\an7}‘cause I went to school
\hwhere my mother lived
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{\an7}and I lived with my dad
\h\h\h\hon the weekends.
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{\an7}Growing up, my mom was a
\h\h\h\h\hworking woman.
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{\an7}You know, she didn‘t have
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthe best job
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{\an7}and things got difficult
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor her.
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{\an7}She never showed it
\h\hbut I sensed it.
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{\an7}You know, she was always
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hvery down.
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{\an7}But my mom and my dad,
\hthey were opposites.
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{\an7}At my dad‘s house
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{\an7}it was fun. [chuckles]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hEveryone was loud
so it‘s just more excitement.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hYou could do
whatever you want to do.
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{\an7}I had my sister there.
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{\an7}[Yakia] Shawana has a different
mom from me
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{\an7}and her mother and my father
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hhad like this
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{\an7}little jealousy streak
\h\h\hwith each other
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{\an7}‘cause my father used
\h\hto always spoil us
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{\an7}[Remy] And Shawana had
\h\h\hher dad, Leslie,
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{\an7}wrapped around her finger.
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{\an7}She was my first born, is like,
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{\an7}we just had a special bond.
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{\an7}She was like a perfect baby.
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{\an7}Everything about her
\h\h\hwas just wow.
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{\an7}And me being like 16,
\h\h17 when I had her,
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{\an7}we just grew up with each other.
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{\an7}I tried to give her
whatever she wanted
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{\an7}[Remy] And like most kids,
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{\an7}\h\h\hShawana was all up
in grown folks business.
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{\an7}I watched everything like a hawk
when it came to my dad.
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{\an7}[Remy] She was especially
\hwatching his brown coat.
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{\an7}[Leslie] Before I even knew
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthat she
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{\an7}knew that I was telling drugs,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hshe knew.
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{\an7}Basically,
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{\an7}that‘s the only way
\h\hof making money
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{\an7}to take care of your family.
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{\an7}[Remy] So one day, when Shawana
saw her father in the coat
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hand the police officer
lurking just around the corner,
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{\an7}she made a connection.
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{\an7}\h\h\hI‘m seeing the police,
so I want to protect my dad.
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{\an7}\h\h\hSo I ran over
and I‘m hugging him
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{\an7}and I‘m like, "Daddy,
\h\h\h\hgive me candy.
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{\an7}\h\h\hYou have candy.
I know you have candy
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{\an7}in your pocket daddy,
\h\h\h\hgive me candy.
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{\an7}So I go into the pocket
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hand I took the drugs
and I put the drugs in my pocket
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{\an7}and I just ran back upstairs.
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{\an7}\h[Remy] It‘s crazy what kids
figure out at such a young age.
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{\an7}After they left the police
and everything, I‘m like,
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{\an7}"where the stuff at?"
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{\an7}\hShe like, "oh, daddy,
I took it out... Here."
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{\an7}"I didn‘t want you
to get arrested."
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{\an7}I‘m like, wow.
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{\an7}I could‘ve done a lot of time
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{\an7}\hif they would‘ve
caught me with it.
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{\an7}You know, so she saved me.
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{\an7}\h[Remy] At seven years old,
Shawana the savior was born.
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{\an7}And by the time Shawana
\h\h\hhit seventh grade,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hshe realized
there was some perks
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{\an7}to her dad‘s hustlin‘ status .
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{\an7}So my dad would give me
\h\h500 dollars a week.
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{\an7}[Remy] Wait, what?
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{\an7}When you‘re a kid and
\hyou don‘t experience
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{\an7}anything else.
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{\an7}That was normal to me.
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{\an7}Everyone knew me.
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{\an7}\h\h\h"Oh, Shawana, she‘s fly.
She has all the new sneakers."
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{\an7}I‘d be buying everyone lunch.
You know, if you‘re my friend.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHere you go.
I get more money next week.
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{\an7}Whatever it was to my friends
\h\h\h\h\hto make them happy,
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{\an7}I would give it to them.
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{\an7}And I‘m like, the queen
\h\hwhen I go to school.
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{\an7}And when my dad gave me money,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hI would save it
and I‘d go to my mom, like,
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{\an7}"mom, I wanna give it
\h\hto you as a gift."
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{\an7}And I just wanted
\hto help my mom.
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{\an7}I love that feeling,
\h\h\h\h\hhonestly.
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{\an7}\h\h[Remy] But everything came
to a screeching halt real quick
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hwhen her dad
left the game for good.
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{\an7}[Leslie] My friend got life
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hplus 20.
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{\an7}That made me kind of change
\h\hmy life ‘cause I‘m like,
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{\an7}I don‘t wanna do 20 or 30 years.
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{\an7}\hFive years would‘ve killed me
just to be away from my family.
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{\an7}And so I just never
\hsold drugs again.
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{\an7}‘Cause I was like, it‘s over.
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{\an7}So the money got lower.
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{\an7}That was an extremely
hard pill to swallow.
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{\an7}[Remy] And Shawana‘s friend,
\h\h\hChyna, peeped it all.
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{\an7}To take away all those items.
\hand like the luxury things,
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{\an7}I think that scared her so much
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{\an7}because she already
\h\h\hhad an image.
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{\an7}And where we come from,
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{\an7}\h\heven though a majority
of people are struggling,
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{\an7}there‘s a lot of people
\h\h\h\h\h\hthat‘s not.
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{\an7}\h\hAnd you don‘t wanna be
the one that‘s struggling,
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{\an7}you get made fun of,
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{\an7}You get treated like
\hyou ain‘t nobody.
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{\an7}I think that changed her.
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{\an7}[Remy] But that change was only
the beginning of what‘s to come
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{\an7}[Shawana] I started to catch
\h\h\h\hfeelings for Dennis.
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{\an7}\h\h\hHe was a senior
and I was a freshman.
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{\an7}[Chyna] Dennis was handsome.
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{\an7}He was flashy.
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{\an7}He was like "that guy"
\h\h\h\h\hin our hood.
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{\an7}He was the man and her father
\h\h\h\h\h\hwas like, the man.
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{\an7}\h\h\hSo I think she kind of
saw similarities in the two.
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{\an7}[Remy] That sounds like trouble
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{\an7}[Chyna] They were like
\h\h\h\h\hinseparable.
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{\an7}She was madly in love.
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{\an7}[Remy] And Dennis had money,
\h\hbut she knew Den‘s money
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{\an7}wasn‘t drug money,
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{\an7}so where did it come from?
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{\an7}I‘m wondering what he does.
\h\hHe has four cell phones.
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{\an7}So I started just observing him
and watching everything he did.
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{\an7}\hAnd I noticed that he did
everything over the computer
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{\an7}and he always was getting
\h\h\h\h\hpackages coming.
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{\an7}\h\h\h[Remy] Packages?
What kind of packages?
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{\an7}And then I realized
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{\an7}he‘s doing something
\hwith credit cards.
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{\an7}\hI said, "listen, I know
how you making your money.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hYou‘re using
stolen credit cards."
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{\an7}And he‘s like, "uh, not really."
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h"What I‘m doing
is buying accounts online
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{\an7}and I‘m using people‘s accounts
to purchase stuff.
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{\an7}And they are sending it to me
\h\h\hand I am reselling it."
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{\an7}[Remy] And that 17-year-old min
started working overtime
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{\an7}to up his game.
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{\an7}A lightbulb went off in my head.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h"I have a plan.
We can make a lot of money.
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{\an7}We can make millions of dollars
like, seriously."
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{\an7}[Remy] The hustle blood
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hruns deep,
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{\an7}but there‘s more to the story
\h\h\h\h\hthan just the money.
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{\an7}[Shawana] Like, my mom
is my guardian angel.
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{\an7}And I just wanted to
help my mom because
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hI knew she struggled
even though she didn‘t show it.
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{\an7}[Remy] It was time
\hto get started.
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{\an7}[Shawana] Dennis is like a
\h\h\h\h\h\hcomputer geek.
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{\an7}He can go on the computer
\h\hand find out anything.
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{\an7}So he goes on the dark web
\h\hand we learned a lot.
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{\an7}[Remy] On the dark web
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{\an7}\h\h\hyou can find anything
you‘re not supposed to have.
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{\an7}Drugs, guns, counterfeit money,
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{\an7}hacked streaming accounts.
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{\an7}But Shawana was looking
\h\h\hfor credit cards.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAnd that‘s how we met
this guy named Ray from China.
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{\an7}[Remy] Yo, this immediately
\h\h\h\hsounds even shadier-
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{\an7}if that‘s possible.
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{\an7}[Shawana] So I do not know
who Ray is, never met him,
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{\an7}but he just gave us
so much information.
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{\an7}The plan I worked out with Ray
\hwas I‘ll send you the money,
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{\an7}you send me credit card tracks.
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{\an7}\h\h[Remy] A track is all your
credit card information stored
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{\an7}on that magnetic strip.
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{\an7}\h[Shawana] So I started
buying tracks from Ray.
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{\an7}And I‘m like, you know what?
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{\an7}This is actually a business.
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{\an7}I just felt confident.
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{\an7}Like, when you put yourself
in a position to get money,
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{\an7}you can get it.
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{\an7}All you have to do is position
\h\h\h\h\hyourself to get it.
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{\an7}My father positioned himself
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto get it.
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{\an7}Dennis positioned himself
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto get it.
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{\an7}Now I‘m about to position
\h\h\hmyself to get money.
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{\an7}[Remy] And with that,
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{\an7}\h\h\hthe swipe queen
of New York was born,
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{\an7}I didn‘t have any fear,
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{\an7}I know how to take control.
\h\h\hIt was like limitless.
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{\an7}[Remy] But that intricate house
of cards she was building-
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{\an7}\h[Shawana] I didn‘t know
if he was gonna set us up,
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{\an7}\h\h\hget us robbed
or call the police-
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{\an7}[Remy] -was one plastic card
\h\h\haway from collapsing.
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{\an7}[Remy] Twelve-grade Shawana Kin
has an idea to transform
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{\an7}her boyfriend‘s low key
\h\h\h\hInternet hustle
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hinto a full fledged
credit card fraud operation.
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{\an7}\h\hAll it took was a dark web
connect from China named Ray.
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{\an7}[Shawana] We‘re buying
\h\hcredit card tracks
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{\an7}and Ray was charging me
\h\habout 125 per track.
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{\an7}[Remy] And we all know it‘s eas
as hell to use your info online
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{\an7}but to use it in a store,
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{\an7}\hthat information had to be
attached to a physical card.
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{\an7}Now, all they needed was any
card with a magnetic strip.
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{\an7}\h\h[Shawana] So we‘d go
to our local drugstores
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{\an7}and we‘d steal gift cards.
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{\an7}[Remy] Step two.
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{\an7}[Shawana] We bought a machine.
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{\an7}And what this machine does--
\h\h\h-[Remy] Whoa, hold up.
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{\an7}We‘re not gonna tell you how to
\h\hactually commit the crime,
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{\an7}just know, Den and Shawana
\h\h\hwere doing the most.
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{\an7}And they were up and running.
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{\an7}Things started to flow.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hNow I‘m understanding
what it is that I have to do.
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{\an7}[Remy] OK, but can you
\htrust this dude Ray?
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{\an7}[Shawana] So now we‘re on our
\h\hway to test out our cards.
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{\an7}[Remy] Here we go.
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{\an7}[Shawana] And I‘m nervous
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\has hell.
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{\an7}I wanted to buy two Xboxes.
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{\an7}I was scared,
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{\an7}but at the same time
\h\h\hI was so eager
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hto find out
if it was gonna work.
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{\an7}If it says approved,
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{\an7}\hthen I know exactly
what my future holds.
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{\an7}[machine beeps]
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{\an7}And the receipt comes out-
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{\an7}[register beeps]
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{\an7}and it said approved.
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{\an7}We both looked at each other
\h\h\h\h\h\hand we were like
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hat bliss, like,
it was just like, "what?"
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{\an7}We was lost for words.
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{\an7}[whispers] I was like-
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{\an7}we ‘bout to make some money.
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{\an7}[chuckles]
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{\an7}[Remy] Crazy money. It was on.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAnd Shawana‘s mind
was already thinking bigger.
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{\an7}[Shawana] We knew everyone
\h\h\hwanted electronics.
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{\an7}So our plan was to resell
electronics on Craigslist
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{\an7}at a discount price.
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{\an7}So basically if I bought
a laptop that was 2,800,
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{\an7}I would resell it for 2,200.
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{\an7}[Remy] There‘s a reason boostin
has been around so long.
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{\an7}\h\h\hShawana and Den started
pocketing thousands in profits.
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{\an7}[Shawana] It‘s so crazy
\h\h\h‘cause it‘s like,
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{\an7}\h\h\hI was actually
in people‘s wallets
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{\an7}without taking anything
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hfrom them.
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{\an7}[Remy] Um, let‘s be clear.
You were taking something.
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{\an7}Money can make you like,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hruthless.
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{\an7}You know, money is power.
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{\an7}And money can make you do things
that you never want to do.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hYou know, I look back
at certain stuff and I‘m like,
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{\an7}\h\h"damn, I can‘t believe
I‘ve done that," you know?
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{\an7}[Remy] But her newfound cash
\h\hflow provided the funds
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{\an7}for Shawana to help the person
\h\h\hthat needed it the most.
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{\an7}Her mom.
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{\an7}[Shawana] My mom worked in a
hospital as a patient escort
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{\an7}and she probably was making
minimum wages at that time.
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{\an7}\hShe wanted to make sure
I was well taken care of,
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{\an7}but things always got
\h\hdifficult for her.
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{\an7}[Remy] Of course they did,
\h\h\hbecause we all know
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hminimum wage
is not a living wage.
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{\an7}Back in 97, someone earning
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hminimum wage
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{\an7}\hlike Shawana‘s mom made 20%
below the federal poverty line.
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{\an7}The line for qualifying
\h\h\h\h\h\hfor welfare,
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{\an7}working full time.
That‘s backwards.
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{\an7}And that gap hasn‘t shifted.
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{\an7}The working poor been
\h\h\h\h\hstruggling,
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{\an7}still struggling.
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{\an7}But that wasn‘t the only thing
\h\h\h\hgoing on at her mom‘s.
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{\an7}[Shawana] She was also in a
\h\hreally bad relationship.
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{\an7}Certain things that happened
\h\h\h\hin the relationship,
308
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{\an7}she didn‘t want me to notice.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hShe was abused
and it was just horrible.
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{\an7}I was extremely young
\h\h\hand I felt like,
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{\an7}how am I gonna help my mom?
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{\an7}I wanna say stuff like,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h"Mommy-"
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{\an7}[sniffs]
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{\an7}I seen a lot, you know.
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{\an7}\h\h[Remy] And that little
seven-year-old savior mode
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{\an7}was still in full effect.
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{\an7}[Shawana] I got her an apartment
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{\an7}and I paid all of the bills.
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{\an7}\hI wanted to fix things
that made her stressed,
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{\an7}depressed, especially
when it came to money.
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{\an7}I seen the happiness in her.
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{\an7}So I felt good because,
\h\h\h\hlike, my mom is
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{\an7}the best person in the world
\h\h\h\h\h\hto me, you know.
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{\an7}\h\h\hOnce I started to lift
the heaviness of her chest,
325
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{\an7}I felt like this can‘t stop.
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{\an7}I‘ve got to continue to go hard
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{\an7}\h\h\hbecause I have
someone to support.
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{\an7}[Remy] More mouths to feed mean
it was time to up the ante.
329
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{\an7}You know, we started off
\h\hhaving four laptops,
330
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{\an7}five laptops.
331
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{\an7}But, you know, it got to the
\h\hpoint where we had about
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{\an7}30 and 40 laptops.
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{\an7}\h[Remy] That‘s probably gonna
take some time on Craigslist.
334
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{\an7}\h[Shawana] So we had to search
for someone to actually purchase
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{\an7}that large inventory.
336
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{\an7}[Remy] And as luck
\h\hwould have it,
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{\an7}a connect felt right
\h\h\hin their laps.
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{\an7}\h\h[Shawana] We find this guy
and he owns electronics stores
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{\an7}\h\h\hand since we have
such a large inventory,
340
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{\an7}he wanted to buy everything.
341
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{\an7}And I was nervous as [bleep].
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{\an7}Because I want this money,
\h\h\h\hbut I didn‘t know
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{\an7}if he was going to set us up,
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{\an7}\h\hget us robbed or
take all the laptops
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{\an7}or call the police.
346
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{\an7}I didn‘t know what the hell
\h\h\h\h\hwas gonna happen.
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{\an7}[Remy] If this dude was legit
348
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{\an7}it meant going from making
\h\ha few thousand dollars
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{\an7}to hundreds of thousands.
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{\an7}[Shawana] My heart is racing,
\h\h\h\hmy heart is pounding,
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{\an7}I‘m sweating,
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{\an7}I‘m watching what‘s going on
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\haround me.
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{\an7}So Dennis gives me the bag
\h\h\h\h\h\hand I open it.
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{\an7}I was like, "how much is this?"
355
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{\an7}He was like, "68,000.‘
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{\an7}[whispers] And I‘m like, wow.
357
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{\an7}That‘s a lot of [bleep] money,
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{\an7}[Remy] That is a lot of
\h\h\h\h\h[bleep] money.
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{\an7}So, y‘all know there‘s
definitely some drama
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{\an7}coming with it.
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{\an7}\h\hI‘m like, "yes,
is there a problem?"
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{\an7}And they‘re like, "yeah,
\h\hthere is a problem."
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[Remy] Shawana King and her
boyfriend, Dennis,
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were flying high because
they found a legit hookup
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to unload large quantities
of their not-so-legit goods.
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But to get down
on this new level,
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they were going to have
to up their game.
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I'm like, "listen,
we got to switch it up
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and this is how we're
going to change it.
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We're not using
those gift cards anymore.
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We're gonna have
Ray send us real cards.
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[Remy] Gift cards have limits,
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but a real card
with a matching I.D.-
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limitless.
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[Shawana] So when we did get
those cards in the mail,
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it was like, it was
the best feeling.
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So my confidence
was all the way up there
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because now I don't care
if they look at the card,
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it says my name
and I got an I.D. to match it.
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Now, I'm confident that what
I'm doing is about to take off.
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[Remy] And that new puff
in her chest
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had her playing the role
to the fullest.
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[Shawana] Anytime I went into
the stores
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I always made sure
I looked like money,
385
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smelled like money.
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In my head, I knew I was
that [bleep].
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I knew I was the bomb.
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[Remy] She was so gassed.
389
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[Shawana] I don't know
what it is.
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It's just when I'm dealing
with a sales person,
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I know how to take control.
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I try to think ahead.
393
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You know, I always try to be
ten steps ahead of the store,
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ten steps ahead
of my game, period.
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[Remy] Just like that
brown coat.
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[Shawana] I remember one day,
oh, my God,
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it was crazy.
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I went into
this electronics store.
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And the cashier was like,
400
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just giving me
a real crazy vibe.
401
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Even though I was dressed
the part,
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she just wasn't really
feeling it.
403
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[Remy] Well, it is hard to pass
game on another sister.
404
00:21:05,564 --> 00:21:08,567
[Shawana] So she takes the card
as she swipes it.
405
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And it goes through.
406
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When it goes through,
she's even more mad.
407
00:21:14,539 --> 00:21:18,210
She's like, "just give me
one second,"
408
00:21:18,543 --> 00:21:20,445
so she runs off with the card.
409
00:21:23,381 --> 00:21:24,816
Security comes up to me
and they like,
410
00:21:24,816 --> 00:21:26,084
"can you come to the back?"
411
00:21:26,084 --> 00:21:27,919
I'm like, "yes,
is there a problem?"
412
00:21:27,986 --> 00:21:30,021
And they like, "yeah,
there is a problem."
413
00:21:30,088 --> 00:21:33,658
"You purchased this laptop
with a stolen credit card."
414
00:21:34,626 --> 00:21:37,729
[Remy] Looks like they smell
something other than money.
415
00:21:40,398 --> 00:21:44,769
[Shawana] I was shaking on the
inside, but not on the outside.
416
00:21:44,769 --> 00:21:48,507
I did not want that guy
to feel that I was nervous.
417
00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:52,644
[Remy] And that Brooklyn fast
talking street corner flex
418
00:21:52,644 --> 00:21:53,578
she grew up watching,
419
00:21:53,778 --> 00:21:55,580
kicked in big time.
420
00:21:55,580 --> 00:21:58,583
I felt like I was going
to control that situation.
421
00:21:59,918 --> 00:22:02,354
You know, so I'm going
back and forth with the security
422
00:22:02,354 --> 00:22:04,122
and I'm kind of yelling at him.
423
00:22:04,122 --> 00:22:05,824
I'm like, "do you want
to see my I.D.?
424
00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:07,459
"If you wanna see my ID,
you could've just asked me
425
00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:08,426
for my I.D."
426
00:22:08,493 --> 00:22:10,395
What's the issue?
427
00:22:11,129 --> 00:22:12,597
[Shawana] So he's looking at it.
428
00:22:13,732 --> 00:22:15,567
He give me back my I.D.,
429
00:22:15,567 --> 00:22:18,203
but he's still holding this card
for some reason.
430
00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:21,673
I can't seem to comprehend
why I'm back here.
431
00:22:21,873 --> 00:22:23,775
So that's when
I remembered something.
432
00:22:23,775 --> 00:22:25,510
Oh, of course,
I have more proof.
433
00:22:25,510 --> 00:22:27,078
Let me show it.
434
00:22:28,213 --> 00:22:30,415
I said, "listen,
you see this paper?
435
00:22:32,684 --> 00:22:35,720
" It says congratulations.
It says my name.
436
00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,889
"It says that I was approved
for 50,000 dollars
437
00:22:37,889 --> 00:22:40,425
for a credit card and this is
the card I'm using."
438
00:22:40,625 --> 00:22:42,060
[Remy] Wait a minute.
439
00:22:42,060 --> 00:22:44,496
This girl had a fake
congratulations letter
440
00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:46,531
standing by in her purse.
441
00:22:46,965 --> 00:22:48,767
And he looks at the letter.
442
00:22:48,767 --> 00:22:51,236
And he gives it back to me
and he gives me back my card.
443
00:22:51,236 --> 00:22:55,507
And he said, "Ma'am,
I apologize."
444
00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:57,242
"I'm so sorry."
445
00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:00,412
[Remy] I mean,
what's there left to say?
446
00:23:00,779 --> 00:23:02,247
Don't hate the player.
447
00:23:03,515 --> 00:23:06,918
I'ma let Shawana's girl,
Aisha Hall, break it down.
448
00:23:06,918 --> 00:23:09,554
I think that sometimes
the intellectual side
449
00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:11,656
and the creative side
and the genius side
450
00:23:11,656 --> 00:23:13,358
of what's being done is lost
451
00:23:13,358 --> 00:23:16,394
because it's in the form
of a criminal act.
452
00:23:16,628 --> 00:23:18,797
But you can't take away
from the fact that
453
00:23:18,797 --> 00:23:21,967
you have to be extremely,
extremely smart
454
00:23:21,967 --> 00:23:24,970
to be able to do some of the
things that Shawana was doing.
455
00:23:25,403 --> 00:23:26,438
[Remy] Right.
456
00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:29,374
And when you feel
like you're unstoppable,
457
00:23:29,608 --> 00:23:31,743
well, it's hard to stop.
458
00:23:36,615 --> 00:23:38,183
[Shawana] As time progressed,
459
00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:41,386
I started spending my money
on big things, you know,
460
00:23:41,386 --> 00:23:43,555
so now I needed more money
461
00:23:43,555 --> 00:23:47,392
and my wants got bigger
and my needs got bigger
462
00:23:47,392 --> 00:23:49,161
and everything just got bigger.
463
00:23:50,395 --> 00:23:53,098
I can buy all the clothes
I want, jewelry,
464
00:23:53,231 --> 00:23:56,601
I can buy shoes, I can buy
anything I pretty much want
465
00:23:56,601 --> 00:23:58,737
'cause I had endless
credit cards.
466
00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:00,672
It was like limitless.
467
00:24:01,706 --> 00:24:03,441
I didn't have any fear.
468
00:24:03,775 --> 00:24:05,143
Money is just coming in
469
00:24:05,143 --> 00:24:07,646
and everything
just seems so great.
470
00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:10,715
[Remy] Shawana was way beyond
just trying
471
00:24:10,715 --> 00:24:12,350
to take care of her family.
472
00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:14,419
[Chyna] I remember when she got
a Birkin.
473
00:24:14,419 --> 00:24:15,787
I thought that was like, insane.
474
00:24:15,987 --> 00:24:18,256
That's like, more expensive
than a car.
475
00:24:18,490 --> 00:24:22,861
♪ I probably don't need it,
but damn, I need it ♪♪
476
00:24:22,928 --> 00:24:25,397
And I remember thinking like,
"Shawana, what happened?"
477
00:24:25,463 --> 00:24:27,732
So I think she started out
saying, like, you know,
478
00:24:27,732 --> 00:24:29,634
"I'm tired of seeing
my mother struggle.
479
00:24:29,634 --> 00:24:30,769
I want to help her."
480
00:24:31,002 --> 00:24:32,370
And then it was all about
pocketbooks
481
00:24:32,370 --> 00:24:36,374
and jewelry and Rolexes
and cars and clubs.
482
00:24:36,374 --> 00:24:37,609
She got so caught up.
483
00:24:38,376 --> 00:24:41,379
[Remy] And no one benefiting
asked questions.
484
00:24:41,379 --> 00:24:42,781
Right, baby sis Yakia?
485
00:24:42,781 --> 00:24:45,650
I never cared
how she was getting it.
486
00:24:46,051 --> 00:24:47,786
I was just so infatuated
with the things
487
00:24:47,786 --> 00:24:49,421
that was coming my way.
488
00:24:49,421 --> 00:24:51,289
I was like, "oh, this is nice."
489
00:24:51,389 --> 00:24:54,259
Like, I got a new bag.
I got some shoes.
490
00:24:54,259 --> 00:24:55,961
She was always giving to us.
491
00:24:58,763 --> 00:25:01,633
[Remy] But the thing about
stolen credit cards is -
492
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,935
you gotta keep changing them
493
00:25:04,035 --> 00:25:07,038
once the person realizes
their card was stolen.
494
00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:10,642
So Shawana and Den
had to keep paying Ray
495
00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:12,043
for more card shipments.
496
00:25:12,377 --> 00:25:14,813
Their whole game
depended on him.
497
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,348
So there was
one particular day
498
00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:18,550
we were waiting
for a shipment to come in
499
00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:23,455
and this shipment didn't come in
on that Tuesday.
500
00:25:23,955 --> 00:25:26,124
Wednesday came,
Thursday came.
501
00:25:26,124 --> 00:25:28,126
So now I'm getting
a bit worried.
502
00:25:28,493 --> 00:25:31,263
I just felt like,
it was something in my gut.
503
00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:34,099
It was just butterflies.
It just felt so weird.
504
00:25:34,666 --> 00:25:36,801
So I go to the computer
and it says
505
00:25:36,801 --> 00:25:38,370
that my package
is in customs
506
00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:40,372
and had been in there
for three days
507
00:25:40,572 --> 00:25:43,708
so I write Ray
to find out what's up.
508
00:25:44,109 --> 00:25:47,379
Ray said, "be careful."
That's all he said.
509
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,650
[Remy] Be careful- of what?
510
00:25:59,065 --> 00:26:02,535
Nineteen-year-old
Shawana King's entire scheme
511
00:26:02,602 --> 00:26:05,371
rests on her credit
card shipments from China,
512
00:26:05,371 --> 00:26:08,641
and when one of her packages
gets delayed at Customs,
513
00:26:09,008 --> 00:26:11,877
Shawana can sense
something is off.
514
00:26:12,411 --> 00:26:15,414
Ray said, "Be careful."
That's all he said.
515
00:26:16,449 --> 00:26:19,452
And I'm like,
"what do you mean, be careful?"
516
00:26:20,286 --> 00:26:23,022
"Please elaborate,
what the hell does that mean?"
517
00:26:23,889 --> 00:26:25,558
And Ray didn't respond.
518
00:26:26,225 --> 00:26:31,030
[Remy] Um, how much clearer
can "be careful" be?
519
00:26:31,297 --> 00:26:32,698
I told Den, I said,
520
00:26:32,698 --> 00:26:35,334
"yo, there's something
about this package.
521
00:26:35,668 --> 00:26:37,203
Like, I don't know what it is."
522
00:26:38,638 --> 00:26:41,207
And for some reason,
that whole week
523
00:26:41,707 --> 00:26:43,242
felt crazy to me.
524
00:26:44,777 --> 00:26:47,146
I just felt like
I was being watched
525
00:26:47,146 --> 00:26:50,416
or I felt like something
was going on.
526
00:26:52,118 --> 00:26:55,354
What really was going on
was the feds was on us.
527
00:26:58,524 --> 00:27:02,995
Ray was getting hot in China,
so they started to watch him
528
00:27:02,995 --> 00:27:04,563
and when they were watching him,
529
00:27:04,563 --> 00:27:06,866
they were watching everyone
that he was shipping, too.
530
00:27:06,933 --> 00:27:09,802
So any package
that he shipped out,
531
00:27:09,902 --> 00:27:11,871
they opened it,
they sealed it back
532
00:27:11,871 --> 00:27:13,506
and they shipped it to us.
533
00:27:13,506 --> 00:27:16,275
[Remy] Yo, the feds be on some
sneaky [bleep].
534
00:27:16,275 --> 00:27:18,311
That's how they set the trap.
535
00:27:18,644 --> 00:27:20,313
Be careful.
536
00:27:23,215 --> 00:27:26,786
[Shawana] Within a week,
Dennis called me and he's like,
537
00:27:26,786 --> 00:27:29,288
"Yo, yo-"
538
00:27:29,755 --> 00:27:31,691
And I'm like, "What?"
He's like,
539
00:27:31,691 --> 00:27:33,559
"Yo, I think
I'm being followed."
540
00:27:33,626 --> 00:27:36,696
I'm like, "You're being followed
by whom?"
541
00:27:38,464 --> 00:27:41,901
He said, "I don't know but
it's like some Secret Service
542
00:27:41,901 --> 00:27:43,336
or something going on."
543
00:27:44,036 --> 00:27:46,439
And I'm like,
screaming into the phone,
544
00:27:46,505 --> 00:27:48,741
"what do you mean,
you being followed?"
545
00:27:48,741 --> 00:27:51,344
"OK, I'm getting
in the car now."
546
00:27:51,344 --> 00:27:53,045
[tires screeching]
547
00:27:53,379 --> 00:27:55,681
As I'm driving,
I'm like shaking,
548
00:27:55,748 --> 00:27:59,218
I barely could hold
the steering wheel straight.
549
00:28:01,954 --> 00:28:05,157
My mind is just racing, is just
like all over the place.
550
00:28:06,392 --> 00:28:09,629
I don't know how I can save
my man at this time,
551
00:28:09,862 --> 00:28:12,898
so I need to figure this out.
552
00:28:13,332 --> 00:28:14,533
[Remy] And when she
caught up to him,
553
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,569
it was wilder
than she even thought.
554
00:28:16,569 --> 00:28:21,941
I'm like, "yo, there's a bunch
of [bleep] cars following you."
555
00:28:23,442 --> 00:28:25,945
I'm trying my best to think
of something,
556
00:28:26,012 --> 00:28:28,080
I'm like,
how is he gonna get away?
557
00:28:30,316 --> 00:28:32,618
Let me think, let me think,
let me think.
558
00:28:32,985 --> 00:28:36,255
[Remy] And then a crazy ass
plan clicked.
559
00:28:36,255 --> 00:28:38,057
It involved their boy, B.
560
00:28:38,190 --> 00:28:41,627
[Shawana] So I say, "yo listen,
go to your mom's job
561
00:28:41,627 --> 00:28:45,298
and have B meet you there
and let me go in front of you
562
00:28:45,298 --> 00:28:48,401
so I can get to
the warehouse before you.
563
00:28:49,402 --> 00:28:51,604
So you're gonna jump
in my car
564
00:28:51,604 --> 00:28:55,508
and B is gonna jump in your car,
when you get into the warehouse,
565
00:28:55,574 --> 00:28:57,276
make sure you do that.
566
00:28:57,276 --> 00:28:59,178
So as I'm in the warehouse,
567
00:28:59,245 --> 00:29:01,847
his friend is in the warehouse
as well waiting.
568
00:29:04,150 --> 00:29:07,753
I'm stressed the hell out
because he's about to
569
00:29:07,753 --> 00:29:09,789
potentially get arrested.
570
00:29:11,791 --> 00:29:14,593
And I didn't know if this plan
was even gonna work.
571
00:29:14,961 --> 00:29:17,296
[Remy] But that definitely
wasn't gonna stop her.
572
00:29:17,463 --> 00:29:19,599
[Shawana] You know,
about three minutes later,
573
00:29:19,599 --> 00:29:21,400
Den pulls up in the warehouse.
574
00:29:26,005 --> 00:29:29,275
I was trying to make it seem
like he was Dennis.
575
00:29:29,275 --> 00:29:32,578
Denny's jumped in my car,
his friend jumps in his car.
576
00:29:39,185 --> 00:29:40,519
[Remy] Once the switch was made,
577
00:29:40,586 --> 00:29:43,189
their boy B pulled out
in Den's car
578
00:29:44,924 --> 00:29:47,326
and the feds fell for it.
579
00:29:48,494 --> 00:29:51,297
[Aisha] And the police
continued to follow this car
580
00:29:51,364 --> 00:29:54,333
thinking that it was Den
and Shawana and Den
581
00:29:54,333 --> 00:29:56,969
were going the complete
opposite direction.
582
00:29:57,470 --> 00:29:59,205
I mean, that was
a sick maneuver.
583
00:29:59,205 --> 00:30:01,374
I was like, [bleep].
584
00:30:02,174 --> 00:30:04,143
[Remy] Straight out of a movie.
585
00:30:04,243 --> 00:30:05,678
And they got away.
586
00:30:06,145 --> 00:30:10,149
But Shawana knew it wasn't over.
Everything was different.
587
00:30:11,384 --> 00:30:14,153
[Shawana] I knew that if they
were following Den,
588
00:30:14,153 --> 00:30:17,156
if he was in trouble,
I was in trouble too.
589
00:30:19,425 --> 00:30:22,194
[Remy] And so was everyone else
in her family.
590
00:30:22,194 --> 00:30:24,463
Look, if her money dried up,
591
00:30:24,530 --> 00:30:27,166
the rug was getting
pulled on everybody
592
00:30:27,166 --> 00:30:28,601
just like when she was a kid.
593
00:30:29,001 --> 00:30:32,538
So the two decided to lay low
at her mom's house.
594
00:30:33,806 --> 00:30:37,343
So two weeks passes,
three weeks passes,
595
00:30:37,343 --> 00:30:39,779
and then is just like-
596
00:30:40,513 --> 00:30:42,815
yo, nobody's coming for us.
597
00:30:42,815 --> 00:30:44,350
Like, we're good.
598
00:30:46,419 --> 00:30:49,088
But I felt like there was
more to come.
599
00:30:49,422 --> 00:30:50,856
[Remy] And there was.
600
00:30:50,856 --> 00:30:53,392
[shouting]
601
00:30:55,327 --> 00:30:57,696
Shawana King and
her boyfriend, Dennis,
602
00:30:57,696 --> 00:31:01,132
had hoped they outsmarted
the feds and were in the clear.
603
00:31:01,132 --> 00:31:03,868
But as Shawana feared,
it wasn't over.
604
00:31:03,868 --> 00:31:05,937
It was just the beginning.
605
00:31:11,509 --> 00:31:13,845
[Shawana] Den and I
are sleeping,
606
00:31:14,112 --> 00:31:15,780
and I'm in my room,
607
00:31:15,780 --> 00:31:20,952
my mom is there and I hear,
"boom, boom, boom, boom."
608
00:31:21,620 --> 00:31:24,422
And I'm like,
"what the hell is that?"
609
00:31:26,024 --> 00:31:27,492
So my mother say,
610
00:31:27,492 --> 00:31:30,262
"who the hell is knocking
on my door like that?"
611
00:31:33,965 --> 00:31:35,700
My mom opens the door--
612
00:31:35,700 --> 00:31:37,335
[indistinguishable shouting]
613
00:31:37,402 --> 00:31:39,070
Freeze! Who's in the house
with you?
614
00:31:39,070 --> 00:31:40,005
Who's in the house
with you?
615
00:31:40,005 --> 00:31:41,106
This way, this way.
616
00:31:41,172 --> 00:31:42,874
Let's go!
617
00:31:42,874 --> 00:31:44,576
[Shawana] I hear them say,
"who's in the house with you?"
618
00:31:45,510 --> 00:31:47,279
You would have thought
they was coming there
619
00:31:47,279 --> 00:31:48,647
for murder or something.
620
00:31:48,647 --> 00:31:50,181
[police shouting]
Who's in the house?
621
00:31:50,181 --> 00:31:51,983
[woman] Don't shoot!
Don't shoot!
622
00:31:52,284 --> 00:31:54,352
[Shawana] I'm like shaking.
623
00:31:55,253 --> 00:31:58,123
I'm like, what the hell?
624
00:32:00,425 --> 00:32:02,594
Just seeing my mom's face,
625
00:32:03,495 --> 00:32:06,264
my mom looks so destroyed.
626
00:32:06,965 --> 00:32:11,136
She just looked so hurt,
I felt horrible.
627
00:32:15,273 --> 00:32:17,442
[Remy] Because it was her
first ofense, Shawana
628
00:32:17,442 --> 00:32:19,611
was released
on bail later that night,
629
00:32:19,611 --> 00:32:23,081
but Den had prior,
so he was stuck for a minute.
630
00:32:23,815 --> 00:32:26,885
So I come home
and I'm destroyed.
631
00:32:27,819 --> 00:32:31,056
Den is not there.
We don't have no money.
632
00:32:31,056 --> 00:32:32,257
I don't know what to do.
633
00:32:32,891 --> 00:32:35,994
[Yakia] She was just lost
like a deer in the headlights.
634
00:32:36,061 --> 00:32:38,263
I never saw her
like that before.
635
00:32:38,330 --> 00:32:41,499
Like I never saw her,
like, not know a way.
636
00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:44,836
[Remy] With the trial pending,
the two of them were put
637
00:32:44,836 --> 00:32:46,238
under federal supervision,
638
00:32:46,605 --> 00:32:49,040
which means they couldn't
leave the state of New York.
639
00:32:49,140 --> 00:32:50,842
Shawana found
a decent 9:00 to 5:00.
640
00:32:50,842 --> 00:32:53,245
And when Den was released,
he did, too.
641
00:32:53,245 --> 00:32:55,547
And they were good for a minute .
642
00:32:55,547 --> 00:33:00,151
Until the reality of an hourly
wage lifestyle really set in.
643
00:33:01,119 --> 00:33:03,555
I wanted to make fast money
644
00:33:03,555 --> 00:33:06,558
and I wasn't taught
another way to make money.
645
00:33:06,558 --> 00:33:12,497
I was only 19, 20 years old,
and that's all I knew.
646
00:33:12,797 --> 00:33:14,466
♪ Money, money, money
all the time ♪
647
00:33:14,466 --> 00:33:15,901
♪ what I'm thinking about ♪♪
648
00:33:16,268 --> 00:33:19,437
And that's not surprising
because the same obstacles
649
00:33:19,437 --> 00:33:22,340
her parents faced
to not only survive,
650
00:33:22,340 --> 00:33:26,011
but for the chance to move up
and out was still true
651
00:33:26,011 --> 00:33:27,545
two decades later,
652
00:33:27,612 --> 00:33:30,448
not much in her community
had gotten better.
653
00:33:30,448 --> 00:33:33,485
In fact, where you grow up
plays a significant role
654
00:33:33,485 --> 00:33:35,120
on your future earnings.
655
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,823
Census data can pinpoint
specific hindering factors
656
00:33:38,823 --> 00:33:40,959
down to the block
you were raised on.
657
00:33:40,959 --> 00:33:45,397
In Brooklyn, the kids who
grew up in the 80s and 90s,
658
00:33:45,397 --> 00:33:50,468
only 6% moved from
the bottom 20% to the top 20%.
659
00:33:50,535 --> 00:33:52,904
That left 94% of folks
660
00:33:52,904 --> 00:33:56,074
that more or less
remain status quo
661
00:33:56,074 --> 00:33:58,843
from generation to generation.
662
00:33:59,177 --> 00:34:01,279
So it's no wonder Shawana did
663
00:34:01,279 --> 00:34:03,348
just like everyone else
on her block.
664
00:34:03,882 --> 00:34:07,118
I seen hustlers go to jail,
come out and do it again
665
00:34:07,118 --> 00:34:08,987
and make more money, you know,
666
00:34:08,987 --> 00:34:11,389
so I figured in my head, OK,
667
00:34:11,389 --> 00:34:13,124
maybe that's just
a part of the game.
668
00:34:13,191 --> 00:34:15,694
You know, you [bleep]
and you have to
669
00:34:15,694 --> 00:34:18,563
do it the smarter way.
That's just a part of life.
670
00:34:18,697 --> 00:34:20,899
[Remy] So Shawana and Dennis
did what they do,
671
00:34:20,899 --> 00:34:23,368
they read up
and got back in the game.
672
00:34:23,835 --> 00:34:26,204
And didn't give a damn
about the consequences.
673
00:34:26,204 --> 00:34:28,473
So we cut Ray out completely.
674
00:34:29,140 --> 00:34:32,143
[Remy] Sorry, Ray,
but out goes the middleman.
675
00:34:32,210 --> 00:34:34,579
We bought all of the machines.
676
00:34:36,381 --> 00:34:39,451
And we started having people
work for us, you know,
677
00:34:39,451 --> 00:34:42,854
so he got two friends,
I got two friends.
678
00:34:43,355 --> 00:34:45,991
[Remy] And they went from
a mom and pop shop
679
00:34:45,991 --> 00:34:48,426
to a full on franchise.
680
00:34:48,493 --> 00:34:50,395
Shawana was CEO.
681
00:34:50,395 --> 00:34:52,697
I was good at strategizing
682
00:34:52,697 --> 00:34:56,668
and figuring out ways
that we can make more money.
683
00:34:56,968 --> 00:34:58,770
I did feel like a boss--
684
00:34:58,770 --> 00:35:01,439
[Remy] And she was.
But for her family,
685
00:35:01,439 --> 00:35:03,575
the slip back was hard to watch.
686
00:35:03,575 --> 00:35:06,912
I'm like, listen,
you got to chill, right?
687
00:35:07,078 --> 00:35:09,481
You get caught again,
you gonna do some real time
688
00:35:09,481 --> 00:35:11,216
'cause you on probation
689
00:35:11,216 --> 00:35:13,285
and you on federal probation.
690
00:35:13,785 --> 00:35:15,787
[Remy] But Shawana wasn't trying
to hear none of that.
691
00:35:15,787 --> 00:35:17,789
There was money to be made.
692
00:35:20,792 --> 00:35:22,160
So, you know,
things are rolling.
693
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:24,796
Money is coming in.
We are good.
694
00:35:24,796 --> 00:35:26,565
[Remy] To continue their
business growth
695
00:35:26,565 --> 00:35:28,533
operations needed to expand,
696
00:35:28,633 --> 00:35:30,802
so they hit the road.
697
00:35:31,803 --> 00:35:33,572
[Shawana] We were in the state
of Pennsylvania
698
00:35:33,572 --> 00:35:36,207
and Den's friend,
Young B, was with us,
699
00:35:36,207 --> 00:35:38,209
he got two laptops.
700
00:35:39,344 --> 00:35:41,313
We drive off.
701
00:35:43,915 --> 00:35:47,519
We hear sirens and we look
back like, oh, my God.
702
00:35:49,321 --> 00:35:52,057
[Remy] Neither one of them
was supposed to leave the state.
703
00:35:52,123 --> 00:35:55,493
So no amount of fast talking
was going to fix this.
704
00:35:56,194 --> 00:36:00,198
Everything in my world,
I felt it was coming down,
705
00:36:00,198 --> 00:36:01,967
was coming to an end.
706
00:36:04,826 --> 00:36:05,826
{\an7}[Remy] Swipe queen Shawana King
707
00:36:05,826 --> 00:36:08,750
{\an7}\h\hthought she could still
make moves under the radar,
708
00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:13,222
{\an7}\h\h\hbut the cops may see it
just a little bit differently.
709
00:36:13,222 --> 00:36:14,519
{\an7}They asked me for my I.D.
710
00:36:14,519 --> 00:36:17,618
{\an7}They noticed that I‘m on
\h\hfederal supervision,
711
00:36:17,618 --> 00:36:20,486
{\an7}Den is on federal supervision.
712
00:36:20,486 --> 00:36:21,859
{\an7}[Remy] And without hesitation,
713
00:36:21,859 --> 00:36:26,453
{\an7}they‘re both thrown in jail
\h\h\hto await their trial.
714
00:36:26,651 --> 00:36:29,651
{\an7}Shawana pled guilty
to credit card fraud
715
00:36:29,651 --> 00:36:31,925
{\an7}and was sentenced
\hto a combination
716
00:36:31,925 --> 00:36:33,717
{\an7}of five years in prison.
717
00:36:33,717 --> 00:36:36,859
{\an7}Dennis ultimately got six.
718
00:36:40,387 --> 00:36:44,717
{\an7}[Shawana] That day
just felt so bad,
719
00:36:44,717 --> 00:36:46,453
{\an7}not even because
of my situation,
720
00:36:46,453 --> 00:36:50,925
{\an7}just because of how I was making
the people around me feel.
721
00:36:50,925 --> 00:36:52,420
{\an7}My family.
722
00:36:52,420 --> 00:36:54,354
{\an7}[Leslie] I was scared for her
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hgoing to jail
723
00:36:54,354 --> 00:36:56,519
{\an7}\h\h\h‘cause I didn‘t know
how she was gonna take it.
724
00:36:56,519 --> 00:36:59,255
{\an7}\h\h\hI didn‘t know if
it was gonna kill her
725
00:36:59,255 --> 00:37:02,255
{\an7}or teach her a lesson.
726
00:37:02,453 --> 00:37:04,585
{\an7}She had to humble herself.
727
00:37:04,585 --> 00:37:06,958
{\an7}We all gotta humble ourselves.
728
00:37:06,958 --> 00:37:07,925
{\an7}[Remy] She was 19.
729
00:37:07,925 --> 00:37:13,321
{\an7}It was time to grow up and star
looking at the bigger picture.
730
00:37:13,321 --> 00:37:14,387
{\an7}[Shawana] I started to think
\h\h\h\h\habout the victims
731
00:37:14,387 --> 00:37:18,651
{\an7}and think about the people
who are possibly hurting,
732
00:37:18,651 --> 00:37:21,486
{\an7}the people I stole from.
733
00:37:21,684 --> 00:37:23,925
{\an7}They were hardworking people.
734
00:37:23,925 --> 00:37:27,519
{\an7}I started to disconnect
\h\hmyself from Dennis.
735
00:37:27,519 --> 00:37:30,717
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hI love him but
our whole relationship,
736
00:37:30,717 --> 00:37:31,585
{\an7}was just based on money,
737
00:37:31,585 --> 00:37:34,892
{\an7}[Remy] She may have moved on
\hfrom her partner in crime,
738
00:37:34,892 --> 00:37:37,859
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbut in prison,
she found another right hand.
739
00:37:37,859 --> 00:37:39,354
{\an7}[Aisha] My lawyer mentioned
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hher name.
740
00:37:39,354 --> 00:37:41,420
{\an7}He said there‘s another case
\h\h\h\h\hthat I heard about
741
00:37:41,420 --> 00:37:45,453
{\an7}\hwith this girl, she‘s like
the credit card fraud queen
742
00:37:45,453 --> 00:37:46,156
{\an7}Shawana King.
743
00:37:46,156 --> 00:37:48,651
{\an7}\h\h\h\hI had no idea
that she was so young.
744
00:37:48,651 --> 00:37:52,255
{\an7}[Remy] Aisha immediately took
\hthe new kid under her wing.
745
00:37:52,255 --> 00:37:54,859
{\an7}\h[Aisha] We would walk around
the prison and I would really
746
00:37:54,859 --> 00:37:57,991
{\an7}talk to her about what you wanna
do when you get out of here?
747
00:37:57,991 --> 00:37:59,618
{\an7}You‘re not going to go
\hget a 9:00 to 5:00.
748
00:37:59,618 --> 00:38:01,859
{\an7}\h\h\h\hThat‘s not your thing.
You know, you‘re a boss chick.
749
00:38:01,859 --> 00:38:07,958
{\an7}\hSo let‘s start planning out
what it is that you wanna do.
750
00:38:08,585 --> 00:38:10,387
{\an7}[Remy] Aisha was right
\h\h\h\habout Shawana.
751
00:38:10,387 --> 00:38:14,519
{\an7}Shawana already proved she was
\h\ha successful entrepreneur.
752
00:38:14,519 --> 00:38:18,859
{\an7}\h\h\h\hShe just needed to get
on the right side of the law.
753
00:38:19,057 --> 00:38:20,024
{\an7}And the timing was right
754
00:38:20,024 --> 00:38:22,651
{\an7}because despite the lack
\hof capital from banks
755
00:38:22,651 --> 00:38:26,717
{\an7}for all African-Americans,
\h\h\hthere was good news.
756
00:38:26,717 --> 00:38:29,024
{\an7}Between 2007 and 2018,
757
00:38:29,024 --> 00:38:32,387
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hblack women were
starting a businesses faster
758
00:38:32,387 --> 00:38:33,826
{\an7}than any other racial group.
759
00:38:33,826 --> 00:38:39,024
{\an7}In that time, black women
\h\h\h\h\hfirms grew 164%.
760
00:38:39,024 --> 00:38:42,618
{\an7}There was black girl magic
\h\hhappening everywhere,
761
00:38:42,618 --> 00:38:45,321
{\an7}and the possibilities
\h\hgave Shawana life.
762
00:38:45,321 --> 00:38:48,651
{\an7}So when Shawana was finally
\h\h\hreleased from prison,
763
00:38:48,651 --> 00:38:50,925
{\an7}she already had big plans.
764
00:38:50,925 --> 00:38:53,552
{\an7}I wanted to help the girls
\hcoming home from prison.
765
00:38:53,552 --> 00:38:57,958
{\an7}And because I know how hard
\hit was for me coming home.
766
00:38:57,958 --> 00:39:01,826
{\an7}\h\h[Remy] So she and Aisha
teamed up to form a company
767
00:39:01,826 --> 00:39:02,826
{\an7}called Real Credit Pro.
768
00:39:02,826 --> 00:39:05,057
{\an7}What‘s up y‘all?
It‘s your girl, Aisha Hall.
769
00:39:05,057 --> 00:39:07,387
{\an7}And it‘s your girl, Shawana.
Oh, let me take off my shades.
770
00:39:07,387 --> 00:39:10,925
{\an7}So people get their credit up
and get mad Hollywood.
771
00:39:10,925 --> 00:39:11,991
{\an7}Whatever, whatever, whatever.
772
00:39:11,991 --> 00:39:16,090
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSo we are actually able
to help people fix their credit
773
00:39:16,090 --> 00:39:19,651
{\an7}and get access to a large
\h\h\h\hlump sum of money
774
00:39:19,651 --> 00:39:20,519
{\an7}to start their business.
775
00:39:20,519 --> 00:39:24,420
{\an7}And it gives them a better shot
at living a good life
776
00:39:24,420 --> 00:39:26,453
{\an7}and living a law abiding life.
777
00:39:26,453 --> 00:39:29,519
{\an7}[Remy] Trust me, with a felony
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hon your record,
778
00:39:29,519 --> 00:39:32,783
{\an7}it can be damn near impossible
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto get a loan
779
00:39:32,783 --> 00:39:33,826
{\an7}for the rest of your life.
780
00:39:33,826 --> 00:39:38,958
{\an7}\h\hSo salutes to these ladies
for reaching back to lift up.
781
00:39:39,486 --> 00:39:42,552
{\an7}\h\h\h\hJust to see her entering
this entrepreneurship lifestyle
782
00:39:42,552 --> 00:39:45,486
{\an7}and just like thriving in it,
\h\h\hit‘s like so refreshing
783
00:39:45,486 --> 00:39:49,222
{\an7}\h\hto see her tap back
into her, her old self.
784
00:39:49,222 --> 00:39:51,958
{\an7}Shawana is still popular
\hShawana is still fly.
785
00:39:51,958 --> 00:39:52,925
{\an7}Just the difference is now
786
00:39:52,925 --> 00:39:55,783
{\an7}is that she‘s doing it
\h\h\h\hthe right way.
787
00:39:55,783 --> 00:39:57,750
{\an7}[Shawana] Maybe this was
\h\h\h\h\h\hmy calling.
788
00:39:57,750 --> 00:39:59,783
{\an7}My calling was to help people
789
00:39:59,783 --> 00:40:01,387
{\an7}Had I not gone to prison,
790
00:40:01,387 --> 00:40:03,684
{\an7}it would just all be
\habout me, me, me.
791
00:40:03,684 --> 00:40:05,826
{\an7}Now it‘s like I live my life
792
00:40:05,826 --> 00:40:11,189
{\an7}on helping other people be happy
and be successful.
793
00:40:11,684 --> 00:40:13,024
{\an7}[Yakia] I always saw more
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin her,
794
00:40:13,024 --> 00:40:17,958
{\an7}\hbut I ain‘t never know if she,
like, thought that for herself.
795
00:40:17,958 --> 00:40:20,519
{\an7}I‘m really proud of her.
796
00:40:21,123 --> 00:40:23,090
{\an7}[whispers] I‘m proud.
797
00:40:24,925 --> 00:40:27,783
{\an7}[Remy] But perhaps Shawana‘s
\h\h\h\hbest accomplishment,
798
00:40:27,783 --> 00:40:32,090
{\an7}\his starting a family
with her new fiancee.
799
00:40:32,090 --> 00:40:34,024
{\an7}[Shawana] I have a beautiful
\h\h\h\h\h\h\htwo year old.
800
00:40:34,024 --> 00:40:36,024
{\an7}Her name is Zori,
801
00:40:36,024 --> 00:40:41,453
{\an7}and she is such an amazing soul.
802
00:40:45,090 --> 00:40:48,057
{\an7}\h\hSo now I know how
to teach my daughter.
803
00:40:48,057 --> 00:40:50,859
{\an7}I‘m so happy because
she came at the time
804
00:40:50,859 --> 00:40:52,189
{\an7}that I learned my lesson,
805
00:40:52,189 --> 00:40:54,519
{\an7}I would never put myself
\h\h\h\h\hin a situation
806
00:40:54,519 --> 00:40:59,189
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hand take myself away
from anyone in my family again.
807
00:40:59,189 --> 00:41:00,057
{\an7}Look at my twin, y‘all.
808
00:41:00,057 --> 00:41:02,618
{\an7}My twin, she squishes me,
right?
809
00:41:02,618 --> 00:41:05,222
{\an7}[chuckles]
No, she squishes me.
810
00:41:05,222 --> 00:41:06,717
{\an7}[laughs]
811
00:41:06,717 --> 00:41:08,189
{\an7}[Remy] So use Shawana‘s story
\h\has a life lesson learned.
812
00:41:08,189 --> 00:41:13,222
{\an7}\h\hBe careful what you chase
because in the blink of an eye
813
00:41:13,222 --> 00:41:14,991
{\an7}anyone can get caught up
814
00:41:14,991 --> 00:41:18,618
{\an7}and you don‘t want that, trust.