let's try to get this video to 100,000
likes because we're literally risking
Our Lives doing this video so all right
let's do this hey excuse me do you know
where the nearest bank is at Alan and
Alex Stokes are twin brothers who became
famous on YouTube for their prank videos
however their success also led to them
getting criminal records this was not a
prank this was criminal activity in 2021
they pleaded guilty to staging a fake
bank robbery that resulted in an
innocent Uber driver being held at
gunpoint by police the two now deleted
videos were filmed in 2019 and showed
the brothers wearing black clothes face
masks and carrying duffel bags full of
cash while interacting with strangers I
could literally like buy you guys like
anything I just I could literally buy
you guys anything I'm going to go rob
another bank and I just need like two
attractive females to like distract the
security guards some of these strangers
were visibly upset believing the
brothers were real criminals do you know
where the nearest bank is at or you
don't okay shoot okay I'm kind of in a
pickle right now in one troubling part
of the prank the brothers called an Uber
and demanded to be driven to an unknown
location Uber Uber
BR
yes what is it uh our our getaway driver
just bailed on us the driver refused to
play along step on it like step on a
gas F they created the impression to
this Uber driver that he had no options
he had to drive bank robbers responding
to calls from scared bystanders police
mistakenly thought the driver was
involved in a carjacking and approached
him with guns drawn you guys just get
out of an Uber a minute ago you got your
Uber driver pulled over too and he's
freaking out the police questioned and
released the brothers earlier that day
but they still went ahead and filmed a
second video at the University of
California what do you think people are
going to
do right and you're lucky you didn't get
any gun at you you're absolutely lucky
you didn't getting against you think
about it man you got to be smart on that
man you know better the brothers faced
up to 5 years in prison if found guilty
on charges this robbery prank was
definitely Reckless and somebody could
have gotten hurt to avoid this they
accepted a plea deal for reduced
sentences I think YouTubers getting
charged in this instance will definitely
send a message to the YouTube prank
Community out large and now they have to
think before they do if you're engaging
in criminal activity in order to
increase your ratings or increase your
sensationalism on YouTube and you cross
the line and violate the law you're
going to be prosecuted despite the
controversy The Stokes twins's YouTube
channel is still active with over 100
million subscribers it's the 10th
largest channel on the platform