Pines rapper arrested on private jet as part of $8M tax fraud scheme, records show
A Pembroke Pines hip-hop artist was arrested while aboard a private jet following his alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar tax refund fraud scheme, according to court records.
David Edmond, the 34-year-old rapper who goes by Walking Bankroll, was bound for Sint Maarten on March 31 when he was cuffed at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport for a September 2022 ploy that yielded a $14,693 refund, his criminal complaint says.
Investigators say the isolated false claim is part of a larger scheme by the rapper “that resulted in the submission of approximately 446 separate federal tax returns collectively claiming approximately $7.9 million in refunds.”
The Pembroke Pines News reached out to Edmond’s lawyer, Zeljka Bozanic, for comment on April 7 but has not received a response.
Per detectives, Edmond subscribed to online database LocatePlus in 2022 and mined nearly 1,000 Social Security numbers, creating a fake company — Barnes and Associates Collection — to sign up for the service, which only allows access to legitimate businesses.
His account was suspended months later by LocatePlus officials for excessive SSN searches, 200 total, authorities said.
To pin Edmond for the shell company and fraudulent claims, investigators sought a warrant to search his Facebook account — Walkingbankroll Zoedy — and found that the cellphone number he provided as his own in a Messenger conversation matched the one on his Employee Identification Number application.
The hip-hop artist’s social media profile features several photos of luxury jets and cars as well as posts jabbing at “broke” people.
Investigators also traced a web of Yahoo and Gmail addresses — through which Edmond filed most of his fradulent tax returns — to the rapper through his IP address data.
An August 2025 search of Edmond’s two cellphones at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, conducted after returning from the Dominican Republic, also turned up “images of driver’s licenses, passports, and ledgers of (personally identifiable information).”
Homeland Security officials kept both devices, the criminal complaint says.
Edmond was booked into Broward Main Jail before being transferred to Miami’s Federal Detention Center, WPLG Local10 reported on April 3.
The rapper has since been released on a $600,000 bond, set by a federal judge as separate personal surety bonds of $500,000 and $100,000 during an April 2 hearing. He faces a felony charge of “false claims against the U.S.”
Court records also show this isn’t Edmond’s first run-in with tax fraud.
In 2013, he was accused of siphoning personal identity information — names, dates of birth, addresses and SSNs — from a North Miami Bank of America teller. He was convicted in 2015 and sentenced to time served.
This story was originally published April 7, 2026 at 1:34 PM.
