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Atlanta rapper Shawty Dred, whose legal name is Mercedes Reshard New, faces 63 federal charges over an alleged $4.6 million SNAP fraud scheme.

Prosecutors say New used stolen identities to create more than 340 fraudulent SNAP accounts and routed EBT transactions through Shawty Dred LLC.

The indictment alleges about $660,000 reached his business account and funded vacations, clothing, and jewelry, but the charges remain unproven in court.

Atlanta rapper Shawty Dred is facing 63 federal charges after prosecutors accused him of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme involving Georgia's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

According to a federal indictment filed October 7 in the U.S.…