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Josh Bellamy, former Jets player, charged in alleged coronavirus relief loan scam
CBS ^ | 09/11/2020 | Jordan Freiman

Posted on 09/11/2020 8:27:53 AM PDT by mplc51

NFL receiver Josh Bellamy has been charged and arrested for allegedly participating in a multi-million dollar Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud scheme, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.

According to the Justice Department, Bellamy, along with talent management company owner Phillip J. Augustin and several others, applied for PPP loans worth more than a combined $24 million. At least 42 of the requested loans were approved to the tune of some $17.4 million, the department said. Bellamy allegedly received a loan of $1,246,565 for his company Drip Entertainment LLC.

He then allegedly used the loan to buy more than $100,000 on luxury goods from Dior, Gucci and various jewelers. Bellamy is also alleged to have spent over $62,000 of the loan money at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The department also alleges that Bellamy attempted to secure PPP loans for his family members and "associates."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bellamy; dripentertainment; joshbellamy; loans; nfl; phillipaugustin; ppp; ppploans

1 posted on 09/11/2020 8:27:53 AM PDT by mplc51
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To: mplc51

Will they put his name on their helmets?


2 posted on 09/11/2020 8:28:46 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: mplc51

Free college education and about 7 years of NFL money. I guess education and economic opportunity weren’t enough to save him.


3 posted on 09/11/2020 8:31:38 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Biden has dementia.)
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4 posted on 09/11/2020 8:32:12 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: mplc51

Seize all his assets!!


5 posted on 09/11/2020 8:42:23 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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He should be booted from playing for this.


6 posted on 09/11/2020 9:01:58 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

reparations?


7 posted on 09/11/2020 9:20:45 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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To: Irenic

Uh... it does say “former Jets player” in the title?


8 posted on 09/11/2020 9:21:27 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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To: newzjunkey

I missed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjYoNL4g5Vg


9 posted on 09/11/2020 9:27:53 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: mplc51

Wow that seems awfully fast compared to Durham...


10 posted on 09/11/2020 9:47:17 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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The NFL would still let him play if he still could catch a football. After all they let a guy who had dogs fighting each other continue. Zero morals.


11 posted on 09/12/2020 5:28:57 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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