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*Michael Winans Jr. of the famous Gospel singing family, put shame to the clan’s name when he was caught swindling church members out of millions earlier this year. He was a part of a financial scheme, that made $8 million. Since being sentenced to 14 years in prison, which will begin May 9, he discusses [...]
*While I agree the story about Manti Te’o and his internet romance with an imaginary woman has been overrated, it serves as a cautionary tale that shows what can happen when you replace physical interaction with texts, tweets and emails. Of course, technology has its place, but when it comes to judging a person’s honesty, [...]
*Toni Braxton’s bankruptcy issues are back in the news again and it sounds serious. According to the trustee of Braxton’s bankruptcy estate, the singer fraudulently transferred $53,490 to her estranged husband in order to avoid paying back creditors in her bankruptcy case, reports TMZ. According to new docs filed in Toni’s ongoing bankruptcy case, Toni’s [...]
*Oh No, Not ‘Deebo’! “Friday” standout actor Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, who played the notoriously-feared character, “Deebo,” in the cult flick, has agreed to plead guilty to a $3.8 million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Like EURweb on Facebook Prosecutors charged the 54-year-old actor, who has made more than 100 movies, with conspiring to buy homes he could [...]
*Paramount is looking to trim a $20 million lawsuit brought by director John Singleton for allegedly reneging on a promise to back two films as part of a 2005 deal to acquire the breakout hit “Hustle and Flow.” In response to Singleton’s lawsuit in October, the studio filed a demurrer earlier this month that aims [...]
*Authorities in Florida looking into the unexplained death of a drum major at Florida A&M University said Wednesday the investigation has uncovered possible fraud at the school reports CNN. During the “scores of interviews” that have been conducted, “there was evidence gleaned that there were financial irregularities having to do with the band and several [...]
*A North Carolina businessman involved in an investment program at Bishop Eddie Long’s Atlanta-area megachurch where former members claim they lost their retirement savings says he’s taking action to “make things right.” A group of church members is suing New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and its embattled pastor, saying they conspired with businessman Ephren Taylor [...]
*There have been some real A-list crimes going down in the U.S. Let’s start with Enron and and all the people who lost their entire savings along with their job and the not so clean hands of Dick Cheney. Or how about the scheme to beat all schemes pulled off by Bernie Maddoff? Massive financial crimes are on [...]
*Young Jeezy is being sued by the organizers of Virgin Islands concert Summer Splash 2011, for not showing up to perform as stipulated in a contract. Paid 4 Entertainment filed suit against the Atlanta rapper on Friday (June 24), claiming they reached out to Jeezy in March and agreed to a contract for him to [...]
*Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, appeared in a New York City courtroom (Wednesday) for her arraignment on charges that she defrauded the widow of one of her father’s former bodyguards. The 45-year-old, who was arrested in North Carolina two weeks ago on felony charges of identity theft and grand [...]
*Rumeal Robinson, a former Michigan basketball stand out and NBA player, has been sentenced to 6½ years in jail for financial fraud. A jury found Robinson guilty in September of 11 charges, including bank bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and making a false statement to a financial institution. Prosecutors say Robinson schemed [...]
*Rapper Young Jeezy has stumbled into the center of a concert fraud lawsuit after a man allegedly posing as his agent accepted $50,000 to stage a bogus show in Texas. According to WENN, Carlos Godspeed from Top Agent Booking faces legal action from live promoters Chris Moreno, Sonny Manila and Roger Manila after allegedly misrepresenting [...]
*Master P is on a mission to catch a woman fraudulently using his and his incarcerated brother’s (C-Murder) name to collect funds for a phony organization. Alisa R. Harris from Memphis, Tenn. is being accused of running a group of websites and claiming to be involved with the two brothers. “This is crazy,” Master P [...]
*A married pair of top officials in a Maryland county is accused of tampering with evidence after FBI agents said they recorded the husband telling his wife to flush a $100,000 check from a real estate developer down the toilet and to stuff almost $80,000 in cash in her underwear. Prince George’s County Executive Jack [...]
*Former NPR analyst Juan Williams should been canned at NPR for his silly, bigoted crack about Muslims making him nervous. But NPR if it had the ounce of integrity and fairness that it incessantly brags about should have dumped Williams a long time ago for his equally great offense. And that’s his two decade con [...]
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