It’s not 2007 and the Pretty Ricky hotline is now a COVID-19 fraud line.
Pretty Ricky’s Baby Blue is in the hot seat after he was charged in COVID-19 relief scheme. The 36-year-old along with Tonye C. Johnson of Pennsylvania are looking at charges of bank fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to both.
A South Florida rapper and reality star has been charged and accused of pocketing coronavirus relief money to buy a Ferrari.
Diamond Blue Smith, 36, a cast member on “Love & Hip Hop: Miami” and a member of the group Pretty Ricky, was arrested Monday along with 28-year-old Tonye C. Johnson of Pennsylvania for their roles in a $24 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.
The government alleges Smith — also known as “Baby Blue” — obtained money for a Ferrari by falsifying documents to get a Paycheck Protection Program loan worth nearly $427,000 dollars. He allegedly did the same for another loan worth nearly $1 million.
When the money stop coming in, desperate times call for desperate measures.
Flip the page to see exactly what they were buying with the cash.
