Journalist and activist Shaun King on Wednesday announced his plans to start a new fashion company and offered his more than 1 million Instagram followers the chance to buy exclusive merchandise when it officially launches. Yes, really.
Ramon "Hushpuppi" Abbas, a Nigerian social media star who flaunted a luxurious lifestyle that the DOJ says was obtained through illicit means, has pleaded guilty to scamming and defrauding a businessman and others out of tens of millions of dollars.
Antonio Mariot Wilson reportedly cost the ladies hundreds of thousands of dollars.
He devises a scheme that stretches from the U.S. to Ghana, according to authorities.
The FTC warns that con artists are targeting vulnerable Black churchgoers. The scam involves a fake government bill paying scheme.
