Dapper Dan Details How He Launched An International Credit Card Scam That Landed Him In An Aruba Jail

Fashion and lifestyle icon Dapper Dan details how he launched an international credit scam that made him tons of money. However, it ultimately resulted in him doing time in jail in Aruba! Deets inside… Dapper Dan is a natural born hustler and entrepreneur who brought high fashion to Harlem back in the day. The 78-year-old fashion designer (real name Daniel Day) became popular in the 80s by reimagining luxury pieces for Hip Hop artists and locals in NYC. The legendary streetwear designer, who became the first Black designer to receive the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s (CFDA) lifetime achievement award last year, sat down for an interview on “Brutally Honest” with Jasmine Brand to dish on his 2019 memoir, “Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir,” where he opens up about overcoming addiction, transitioning from hustling to fashion, and going underground. On his journey to the fashion game, Dapper Dan went through some things. The fashion designer shared that he started an international credit card scam, which he dubbed “the paper game,” to make money. He said the “paper game” involved anything he could use to make money, which made him feel like Robin Hood because he wasn’t “taking from nobody” and he “wasn’t hurting nobody.” “These banks got all the money. The paper game…I love this,” he recalled. “With the paper game, I had to have this international mentality.” Dapper Dan explained they took other people’s credit cards and started "nation hopping." He would take people’s credit card numbers and make his own credit card with them. ”The power of the suit is amazing,” he shared. Dapper Dan got dressed up and went to the World Trade Center so he could see what the machines that made credit cards looked like. Once he got the name of the company, he sent someone to go steal the machine. They would then go dumpster diving in wealthy neighborhoods to find credit card numbers to use. It worked for awhile, and he made “good money” from it…until he got caught. Find out what happened below:         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by the Jasmine BRAND (@thejasminebrand) After getting caught, Dapper Dan ended up spending 9-months in jail in Aruba. This sounds like a memoir we should read. You can listen to the full interview below: Dapper Dan’s memoir, “Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir,” is currently on bookshelves and online where books are sold. Photo: lev radin/Shutterstock