FBG Casino, the older brother of Future and a longtime member of the Freebandz crew, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute. The plea, first reported by TMZ, came nearly a year after federal agents raided a Georgia Airbnb they say he was using as a stash house.
FBG Casino, whose real name is Rico Deville Buice, is now looking at serious time. According to the plea deal, the charge carries a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison, which means the judge cannot sentence him to anything less. The maximum is life, along with a fine of up to $10 million.
He also lost his freedom ahead of sentencing. Buice asked to stay on pretrial release until his January 7 sentencing date, and the request was denied. He was taken back into custody.
The case started on November 14, 2025, when FBI and DEA agents executed a search warrant at an Airbnb in Forest Park, Georgia. Prosecutors said Buice tried to get away out of a side door. Inside, agents say they found suspected fentanyl bricks, at least one stamped with a Louis Vuitton logo, along with a Glock handgun, ammunition, an extended magazine, a money counter and destroyed cell phones.
Early reports put the haul at 21 kilograms. The criminal complaint cited in coverage of the plea lists 17 kilograms of suspected fentanyl.
The cash was just as eye catching. Agents found about $300,000 in a cardboard box and another $80,000 in a Goyard bag that prosecutors believe belonged to Buice, a bag that appears to match one he carried in a photo on his own Instagram. He had another $4,000 in his pocket. As part of his plea deal, FBG Casino agreed to forfeit $388,930 in cash, plus the gun, the ammo and the magazine.
Buice was arrested alongside David Estevan Montillo Diaz, and both were charged with the same conspiracy. Prosecutors argued at the time that the circumstances strongly suggested Diaz was in the middle of selling the fentanyl to Buice when agents came through the door.
After his arrest, FBG Casino was initially held without bail. A judge reversed that decision on December 2, releasing him on a $100,000 bond to his sister’s custody with home incarceration and GPS monitoring. That arrangement is now over.
FBG Casino has been part of Future’s circle for years, appearing in videos, on songs and behind the scenes with his younger brother. He had prior arrests on drug and gun charges, but this was his first federal case. Future did not publicly comment when his brother was arrested last year.
