By Forum Staff
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Thursday the indictment of 12 reputed members of the Floss Money Ballers gang following a year-long investigation into multiple shootings in Southeast Queens.
The dozen defendants are variously charged in a 33-count indictment with conspiracy, attempted murder and other crimes and are responsible for driving the majority of violent crime in the neighborhoods of Springfield Gardens, Laurelton, Queens Village and the Baisley Park Houses.
FMB was formed from the remnants of Money World that was dismantled in early 2023.
The shootings were part of a series of escalating acts of violence between FMB and their perceived rivals, Blitz Gang 4, since mid-2024. This takedown is of alleged FMB members. Criminal cases involving alleged BG4 members have been dealt with separately through formal dispositions or remain under investigation.
On the evening of Sept. 27, 2024, 18-year-old Akim Cisse (FMB) and others were inside a Nissan Altima in the parking lot of a McDonald’s on South Conduit Avenue. At that time, Rayvon Phillip (BG4) fired multiple shots into the car and killed Cisse. Phillip, a reputed member of BG4, was arrested and sentenced to 21 years in prison this July.
On Sept. 28, 2024, at approximately 1:45 a.m., just hours after Cisse’s death, a car occupied by five of his fellow reputed FMB members drove to a house of a perceived rival on 119th Avenue in South Jamaica and sprayed the building with bullets in an alleged act of retaliation. The home was hit three times by gunfire. No one was injured.
That afternoon, on Sept. 28, 2024, at approximately 4:50 p.m., NYPD officers were stationed near 219th Street and 138th Avenue in Laurelton in response to heightened violence in the area after Cisse’s death. A group of young men was seen in the vicinity of the intersection wearing black clothing, face coverings and surgical gloves. Defendant Jackson Cross (FMB) engaged a police officer in a foot chase through nearby backyards, and he dropped a backpack. Police recovered a 9 mm Glock with an extended magazine and 27 rounds of ammunition; two magazines each holding 16 rounds of ammunition; one loose 9 mm cartridge, a gun manual; and other items including a black face mask and surgical gloves.
On Oct. 11, 2024, members of the NYPD executed a court-ordered search warrant at defendant Kaimi Davis’ (FMB) home on 137th Road in Laurelton and recovered a 9 mm Taurus pistol loaded with 12 rounds and a 9 mm Canik pistol loaded with four rounds.
On Jan. 12, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., officers responded to 142nd Avenue in Springfield Gardens to a report of shots fired. Defendants Kevson Hankey, Kevin Petit-Dieu and Tahnell Willims (all FMB) allegedly shot at a perceived gang rival who had been lured into a marijuana deal as part of a set up. The man was not injured. Nine shell casings were recovered at the scene.
On Jan. 17, at approximately 5 p.m., at the intersection of 243rd Street and 145th Avenue in Rosedale, police stopped a car driven by defendant Jordan McFarlane (FMB) for having excessively tinted windows. A loaded 9 mm P80 ghost gun was recovered from McFarlane’s waistband. A computer check revealed that the vehicle was involved in the Jan. 12 shooting incident.
