the mark -- the comerica bank just down the block. >> the morning of, the first bank, i asked my dad, know, "are you the devil here to tempt me?" and his answer was what really scared me. he said, "yeah, probably. i'm asking you to rob a bank." >> reporter: so he knew full well the world he was bringing you into. >> yeah. the biggest point he made to me was the plan for all the details. >> reporter: the details would be what you've seen in movies. the fake mustaches, fake guns in the hopes of getting real cash, but what the kids were really banking on was beginner's luck. >> i was actually shaking so bad, that the employees grabbed the bag and started throwing money in for me. >> reporter: the family robberies, what could possibly go wrong? when we come back. actually save withebody family mobile? walmart's lowest priced unlimited plan? it's only $39.88 for unlimited talk, text and web. that's unbelievable savings. crunch those numbers. i could definitely come up with a figure. person aged 30-40...living in the northern hemisphere? if only had my calculator. think you need a calculato

to prosecutors, from 2008 to 2011, to the tune of more than $11 million including $3 million from comericafrom bank of america, $500,000 from zions bank and $2.4 million from jpmorgan chase. ♪ turn off the lights >> reporter: he took the cash and produced two videos, one featuring rapper the game. ♪ our love is like a drug >> reporter: his attorney, al jarrett. >> the money kept getting spent and kept getting spent as the tour got more and more expensive. all of a sudden he was trapped in a situation that got out of his control. >> reporter: and he says he kept spending. $750,000 for this luxury tour bus. designed to look like an airplane from the nose to retractible awnings. a master bedroom, even platinum-plated tiles in the shower. >> he was living the life of the a-lister. of course, he wasn't earning the money to be living the life of an a-lister. that he was relying on the banks for. >> he rationalized, naively, that he'd rather quickly be able to pay it off. >> reporter: investigators say he was essentially running a mini ponzi scheme with the loans using one to pay for the other, b