On Sept. 14, SDNY US Attorney Damian Williams announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging four members of the Ski-Ball Gang with a number of violent crimes. KAYSHAWN MASSOP, a/k/a “topski.bz,” a/k/a “Bz,” a/k/a “KB,” a/k/a “Kay Ski,” GREG BROWN, a/k/a “ballout.gg,” a/k/a “GG,” CARL HENRY, a/k/a “Big Ski,” a/k/a “Biggs,” and AMARI JACKSON, a/k/a “Justo,” are all in custody after being changed with racketeering conspiracy, firearms offenses, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with their participation in multiple shootings, related to their membership in the “Ski-Ball Gang,” a street gang based in the Bronx, New York.
Some of their crimes are alleged to have occured in Westchester County.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Keeping our community safe from violent crime is a paramount priority of this Office. As alleged, members of the Ski-Ball Gang engaged in brazen acts of violence across this District, including multiple shootings at rival gang members. Thanks to the extraordinary work of our law enforcement partners and the career prosecutors of this Office, the defendants, who include senior members of the gang, now face a slew of federal charges for their crimes.”
FBI Assistant Director in Charge James Smith said: “As alleged, the defendants conspired to not only attempt to increase their standing within a violent street gang through a series of senseless shootings, but also to engage in both bank and wire fraud. We will not allow gang members to engage in reckless violence that endangers innocent lives. The New York FBI’s Westchester County Safe Streets Task Force is committed, through collaboration with our law enforcement partners, to ensuring that brazen gang violence has no place in our communities.”
USPIS Inspector in Charge Daniel B. Brubaker said: “These gang members allegedly led a criminal enterprise, financially exploiting their victims to fund their gang activities and live a lavish lifestyle.
As alleged in the Indictment unsealed today in White Plains federal court:[1]
KAYSHAWN MASSOP, GREG BROWN, CARL HENRY, and AMARI JACKSON are members of a racketeering conspiracy known as the Ski-Ball Gang.
On four occassions in 2020 and 2021, Massop, Brown, Henry and Jackson are accused of participating in and facilitating the attempted murder of a rival gang member in the Bronx.
On August 27, 2020, MASSOP, for the purpose of maintaining and increasing his position in the Ski-Ball Gang enterprise, participated in and facilitated the assault of rival gang members in the Bronx, New York.
On January 13, 2022, BROWN, for the purpose of maintaining and increasing his position in the Ski-Ball Gang enterprise, participated in and facilitated a gunpoint robbery in Yonkers, New York.
From at least in or about 2019 through at least in or about 2022, MASSOP, BROWN, HENRY, and JACKSON participated in a bank and wire fraud conspiracy, which included the misuses of others’ means of identification.
Mr. Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of the FBI’s Westchester County Safe Streets Task Force, HSI, USPIS, and the NYPD. Mr. Williams also thanked the U.S. Secret Service and the Department of Labor for their assistance in the investigation.
The case is being prosecuted by the Office’s White Plains Division and Violent and Organized Crime Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Benjamin Klein, Andrew Chan, Christy Slavik, and Ben Arad are in charge of the prosecution.
The charges contained in the Indictment are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
According to the indictment, “Members and associates of the Ski-Ball Gang promoted the Ski-Ball Gang
on social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube by posting messages, comments, videos, and photographs referring to, among other things, shootings, firearms, and fraud.
On or about January 13, 2022, in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, GREG BROWN, a/k/a “ballout.gg,” a/k/a “GG,” the defendant, and others known and unknown, knowingly combined, conspired, confederated, and agreed together and with each other to commit robbery. BROWN and others conspired to commit the armed robbery of an individual offering to sell a black 2017 Mercedes Benz E430 (AMG 43) on Facebook Marketplace
MASSOP, BROWN, HENRY, and JACKSON participated in a scheme to: (1) fraudulently deposit stolen and manipulated checks into accounts and withdraw funds from those accounts; and (2) impersonate bank customers to obtain funds from those customers’ accounts without authorization.
