October 8, 2020
Pretty Ricky’s Baby Blue Arrested for $24 Million COVID Loan Scam
[ad_1] Rapper Baby Blue Whoaaaa, formerly known as Baby Blue from the R&B group Pretty Ricky, is in some hot water after being accused of participating in a scam to file fake loan applications to obtain millions of dollars allocated for small businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic.According to the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday (Oct. 6), Baby Blue, born Diamond Blue Smith, 36, and another man named Tonye C. Johnson, 28, were charged in federal criminal complaints filed in the Southern District of Florida on numerous fraud charges. The men were hit with wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud after seeking more than $24 million in Paycheck Protection Program...