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Struggle Singer Allegedly Finesses Job Out Of Millions To Fund Music Career

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Ever heard of a performer with the stage name Chad Focus? If your is answer is no then get prepared to hear all about him and his grand master scammer escapades.

Complex is reporting that a man named Chad Arrington was doing the most in an effort to get his musical career off the ground. According to a report by Pitchfork the Baltimore resident was taking full advantage of his employer’s credit card. Court records show that the SEO specialist charged numerous expenses including purchasing recording equipment, high profile billboard advertisements, radio promotions services, false social media followers and more. His illegal efforts pushed his song “Dance With Me” into the Billboard’s Top Dance Club Songs list though.

Chad Focus was able to cover up his unauthorized spending with the help of four other conspirators at the unnamed company. The crew apparently forged American Express statements, signatures and other bookkeeping items.

On May 29 Arrington was indicted by a federal grand jury for alleged conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft to the tune of four million dollars. He faces 20 years in federal prison if convicted on all counts. You can check out some of his music below so you can see why he had to pay for streams.

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Shannade Clermont Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison for Wire Fraud

Shannade Clermont has been sentence to one year in the slammer for wire fraud charges. The reality star was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of felony wire fraud.

The Clermont twin ran up the credit card of a dead man that she set up a date with as an escort.

The model spent about $20,000 on the deceased man’s card. She purchased flights, paid rent and other bills, and bought luxury clothing with the cards. Additionally, she used a fake e-mail address to wire herself money via Western Union.

Aside from her sentence, Shannade Clermont will have to pay $5,000 in restitution and face three years of probation.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman released the following statement:

“Former reality TV ‘Bad Girl’ Shannade Clermont lived up to her on-screen persona, as she admitted to stealing the debit card information from a man she visited for a prostitution date in his Manhattan apartment,” he said. “When the man died of an overdose, instead of notifying the authorities or calling for help, Clermont callously chose to use the man’s debit card information to make tens of thousands of dollars in illegal purchases. As Shannade Clermont has now learned, her real-life bad behavior has real-life consequences, and has now landed her in federal prison.”

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Scammer Update: Judge Allows Clermont Twin To Travel To Hawaii For Holidays

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One-half of the Clermont Twins found herself on the bad end of the law after being charged with using a dead man’s credit card to rack up expensive items for herself.  Shannade Clermont, the former Yeezy model and reality TV star is facing 20 years in court after taking a plea deal for one felony count of wire fraud, but a federal judge is allowing her to travel to Hawaii with her family for the holidays.

The Blast reports:

On December 20, Clermont’s lawyer wrote a letter to the judge asking for permission for his client to travel to Hawaii from December 27 till January 2 to celebrate the holidays. Her lawyer noted that the prosecution had no issue with the request.

The judge signed off the same day and granted her request.

Clermont is set to appear in court in February for sentencing, where she is facing 20 years in prison.

As The Blast first reported, Clermont who is also a former “Bad Girls Club” star, pled guilty to one felony count of wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York.

Clermont was indicted on wire fraud, access device fraud, and identity theft charges. For taking the plea deal, the other two charges were dropped.

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Shannade Clermont Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Faces 20 Years in Jail

Yeezy model and former Bad Girls Club star, Shannade Clermont, pled guilty to fraud after being arrested for going on a shopping binge with a dead man’s credit card, as indicated by The Blast.

The social media sensation was caught back in July, after she accumulated at least $20,000 in charges on the records of a man she consented to meet with for sex on Jan. 31. The man was later discovered dead in his apartment, and police ruled his death as an overdose. They discovered drugs, a condom, his phone, and his wallet in the room where he died.

A concierge additionally told agents he saw Clermont hours before the man’s body was found, using the fake name, “Audrey.” She supposedly used cash to pay her rent, phone bill, flights, and make online purchases “of thousands of dollars of clothing and other merchandise.”

Clermont was arraigned on three felony counts, including wire fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity fraud. As per her plea deal, if she pled guilty to wire fraud the other two charges would be dropped. “This case demonstrates that in reality, those who commit debit card fraud will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” U.S. attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said in court on Thursday.

Shannade Clermont is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 13, and faces up to 20 years in a government jail for wire fraud. Clermont will probably be made to pay back compensation of up to $55,000.

In the meantime, she’ll continue to live her best life with her sister on Instagram.

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