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Poor children asked ‘donations’ selling sweets for a dangerous Atlanta gang, according to prosecutors

Poor children asked ‘donations’ selling sweets for a dangerous Atlanta gang, according to prosecutors

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Members of the Nine Trey Boods exploited minors by making them believe they were part of a legitimate foundation that would take them on a ride to keep them away from drugs and violence, actually using the resources they they collected for the benefit of the gang, prosecutors say.
By:: Isaías Alvarado,
Aug 12, 2021 – 05:35 PM EDT
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selling sweets outside supermarkets and in various neighborhoods. They used a fake charity as a front, according to the government.

, which emerged in California, was using minors to generate monetary income.

Official register. “It's a work and play program for teens struggling with bullying, drugs and violence,” she says.

In reality, prosecutors say, the Nine Trey Boods exploited these children by making them believe they were part of a legitimate foundation that would help them. On Facebook there are photos of young people in an amusement park and in a video game venue, supposedly part of the group's activities.

“Here are some of our members on our first trip to Six Flags in Georgia. For many of our members it was the first time they had been on a roller coaster and they EXPLODED,” states one post, which was accompanied by several images of the alleged ride.

Poor children asking for 'donations' selling sweets for a dangerous Atlanta gang, according to prosecutors

The Georgia Peach Youth Club has vanished following the allegations. Your website is now down, your phone was disconnected, and no one is responding to your email messages.

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A Cherokee County grand jury returned indictments Tuesday against 14 alleged members of the Nine Trey Bloods with alleged human trafficking, gang activity, money laundering, extortion and charity fraud.

“It is inexcusable to use children to extort money from generous Georgians to fund gang activity,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement.

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The criminal case does not mention how much money the minors raised selling candy, nor how many were coerced into doing these activities. Investigators say the Georgia Peach Youth Club operated in various locations across the state from October 2017 through May.

“These children were transported in vans to various counties in Georgia,” the Attorney General's Office says. "Some children were left to solicit funds for hours without adult supervision."

They offered candy outside supermarkets or by going door-to-door through neighborhoods. They told people that all proceeds from sales would go to the "organization" that took them on rides. Once the children collected the money, they handed it over to the group's treasurer, who used it for the benefit of the gang, rather than giving the children the promised prizes, the indictment states.

Prosecutors describe it as a human trafficking ring that was constantly looking for victims.

“We look forward to bringing this case to court,” Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said on his Twitter account.

, knocked on your door a year ago to offer you products. He noticed him nervous and, after telling him that he wouldn't buy him anything, he went looking for him to help him.

“At that time it was starting to get dark. I asked him 'are you okay? You look scared. I said: 'Who are you with? He said he was with another boy his age," he told the media.

The dangerous gang behind this case of exploitation and fraud, the Nine Trey Bloods, was founded in a New York jail four decades ago and has several cliques in the US. Its members are distinguished because they wear red clothes. Their enemies, the Crips, wear blue.

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