Rapper and social media personality Punchmade Development Perhaps best known for its slick videos that celebrate the cybercriminal lifestyle. Memorable hits like “Scam” and “Million Dollar Crime” racked up millions of views, and Punchmade leveraged its massive following to peddle tutorials on how to commit financial crimes online. But until recently, there wasn’t much evidence to support the conclusion that Punchmade was actually committing the cybercrimes he promoted in his songs.
Images from Punchmade Dev’s Twitter/X account show him displaying bags of cash and wearing a functional diamond-encrusted payment card skimmer.
Punchmade Dev’s most controversial group, a rap song called “Wire Fraud Tutorial,” was removed from YouTube last summer for violating the site’s rules. Punchmade said on social media that the video’s removal was the result of YouTube receiving a legal process request from law enforcement officials.
The 24-year-old rapper told reporters that he was not instructing people on how to commit wire fraud, but rather telling his fans how to avoid falling victim to wire fraud. However, it’s hard to tell this from listening to the song, which sounds a lot like a step-by-step tutorial on how to commit wire fraud.
“Listen, I’m going to show you how to go to the bank,” the wire fraud tutorial begins. “Please note that this is a quick way to match in any state. First, you want to get your bank logs from a trusted website. Do your research as the information needs to be correct.”
Even though we’re talking about a guy who’s often shown in videos with $500,000 worth of custom jewelry draped around his arms and neck (including the functional diamond-encrusted payment card skimming device pictured above), never There have been too many such situations. There is evidence that Punchmade himself was actually involved in cybercrime. Even his most vocal critics admit that the whole persona may just be shrewd marketing.
That changed recently when Punchmade’s various videos and social media accounts began promoting a new online store that sold stolen payment card and identity data, as well as hacked financial accounts and used to create fake Check software.
Punchmade Dev’s Shop.
The official Punchmadedev account on Instagram links to many of the aforementioned rap videos and tutorials about cybercrime, as well as Punchmadedev’s other profiles and websites.There is a homepage[.]me/punchmade, which contains the following information”Punchmade Empire®“
-212,961 subscribers
The #1 source on Telegram
Contact: @whopunchmade
24/7 store: https://punchmade[.]Mall[.]io
Visiting the @whopunchmade Telegram channel shows that this user is promoting punch production[.]Mall[.]iois currently selling hacked bank accounts and high balance payment cards.
For example, by clicking “Buy” on a C@sh App product, buyers only pay $80 to log into a Cash App account with a balance between $3,000 and $5,000. The site promises: “If you buy this, you’ll have my full support on Discord/Telegram if something goes wrong!” Cryptocurrency can be purchased, and you’ll be prompted at checkout to continue paying on Coinbase.com.
Another item on sale “Fullz + Linkable CC” promises “ID front + back, SSN with credit score over 700 and Linkable CC” or credit card. It can also be purchased with $80 in cryptocurrency.
Who is the developer of PUNCHMADE?
Punchmade has built his public image around a series of custom-made diamond-encrusted necklaces that are as eccentric and gaudy as they are inspiring. One of my favorite shots from the Punchmade video shows at least three of these monsters: One of them seems to be a boring old diamond-and-gold-covered Bitcoin, but the other two necklaces tell us something about Punchmade’s origins:
Note the University of Kentucky logo and the Lexington, Kentucky skyline.
One of them includes logos and mascots University of Kentucky. The other is a massive diamond-encrusted skyline that appears to be based on the skyline of Lexington, Kentucky:
The About page on Punchmade Dev’s Spotify profile describes him as “an American artist, rapper, musician, producer, director, entrepreneur, actor, and investor.” “Punchmade Dev is known for his creative approach to building a fan base using technology, video games, and social media,” the profile continues.
The bio explains that he launched his own record label in 2021 called Punchmade Records, where he builds his own instruments and edits his own music videos.
A search for companies with the name “punchmade” on the Kentucky Secretary of State’s website shows only one record: OBN Group LLC, located in Lexington, Kentucky.The November 2021 records include a pseudonym certificate showing PANCHMED LIMITED. is the assumed name of OBN Group LLC.
The president of OBN Group LLC is listed as Devin Turner.A search of the Secretary of State’s website for other businesses linked to Devon Turner turned up only one other record: an entity called “Now-Dissolved” DevTakeFlightBeats Company.
Leak tracking service Constella Intelligence discovered that the email address was used by Devon Turner of Lexington, Kentucky obndev payments@gmail.com.Looking for this email on DomainTools.com shows it was used to register a domain name Always make holes[.]com, registered as Devon Turner of Lexington, Kentucky. A copy of the site at archive.org shows it once sold Punchmade Dev-branded T-shirts and other merchandise.
Mr Turner did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
An online search for Devon Turner and “Punchmade” reveals videos from @brainjuiceofficial, a YouTube channel dedicated to social media celebrities. @Brainjuiceofficial says Turner was born in October 2000, the eldest son of a single mother of five, and that her husband is not in the photo.
Devon Turner, aka “Punchmade Dev,” appears in an undated photo.
According to the film, the six-foot-five Turner played basketball, track and football in high school, but became obsessed with playing the video game NBA 2K17 and attracted a group of people who watched him play the game online. people.
According to the short documentary, Turner previously streamed his NBA 2K17 videos on a YouTube channel called DevTakeFlight, although he originally went by the nickname OBN development.
@Brainjuiceofficial commented: “If Devin isn’t careful, things could eventually catch up with Devin.” He noted that Turner had been shot before and was robbed at an ATM with a wad of cash. Photographed wearing $500,000 worth of jewelry. “While there are a lot of people who are passionate about what you do, there are also a lot of people waiting for you to make a mistake.”
