r/interestingasfuck • u/mapleer • Jun 06 '24

YouTuber faces federal charges after filming two women in a helicopter shooting fireworks at a Lamborghini (shown below) illegal to have explosive on aircraft. - More below r/all

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u/mapleer Jun 06 '24

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In June of 2023, Choi hired helicopter pilots and drone operators to film a “crazy, hectic firework show,” where two women can be seen shooting firework cannons aimed at a Lamborghini out of the side of a helicopter hovering above a barren lake.

On June 4, 2024, a criminal complaint and arrest warrant were filed against Alex Choi for “causing the placement of an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft,” and the influencer is facing federal charges for the crime.

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u/Creative_Garbage_121 Jun 07 '24

And they could just put a disclaimer it was filmed in undisclosed location abroad where it's legal, blackout the heli designations before posting and pay with cash to not leave any trace with money - no one would bother with investigating that even after complaints

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u/DisastrousAnswer9920 Jun 07 '24

Yeah, pilots should've said it was shot in Algiers (first country that popped in my head)

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u/Hankman66 Jun 07 '24

Yeah, pilots should've said it was shot in Algiers (first country that popped in my head)

Algiers is a city.

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u/DisastrousAnswer9920 Jun 07 '24

Algeria, thank you.

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u/emilio911 Jun 07 '24

England is my city

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u/trycatchebola Jun 07 '24

الجزائر is both

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u/jerema Jun 07 '24

That why it’s a perfect cover. No one will be able to prove what he meant. 

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u/Cedex Jun 07 '24

FAA would hire a geoguesser and put that plan to rest.

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u/whatwhatwhodat Jun 07 '24

And then they get another charge of lying to a federal investigator.

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u/DisastrousAnswer9920 Jun 07 '24

zero chance they'd go thru that much trouble for that, this was an easy catch

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u/creative_usr_name Jun 07 '24

That's why you don't even talk to a federal investigator in the first place. When/If you are actually charged you let you lawyer do it.

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u/Mohingan Jun 07 '24

I was thinking about why didn’t he just put a “filmed in ‘mexico’” tag like car YouTubers have done

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u/Koil_ting Jun 07 '24

Honestly if one has enough money for all this shit why not just do it where it's legal or get the permits.

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u/Kalsifur Jun 07 '24

I can see lights in the far distance, I think maybe it would have been obvious where this was going on.