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NFL player used coronavirus relief loan at Hard Rock casino and on luxury items, feds say
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/09/10/nfl-player-used-ppp-loan-at-hard-rock-casino-and-on-luxury-items-feds-say/...Josh Bellamy, a wide receiver from St. Petersburg who was released by the New York Jets earlier this week, was among a group of people who filed fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loan applications for more than $24 million.
He has been charged in South Florida federal court with wire and bank fraud in addition to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud.
Bellamy allegedly got more than a million dollars for his own company, Drip Entertainment.
Investigators say he then bought $104,000 worth of luxury goods from designers like Dior and Gucci.
They also allege that he spent more than $62,000 of the loan at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino...
He has been charged in South Florida federal court with wire and bank fraud in addition to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud.
Bellamy allegedly got more than a million dollars for his own company, Drip Entertainment.
Investigators say he then bought $104,000 worth of luxury goods from designers like Dior and Gucci.
They also allege that he spent more than $62,000 of the loan at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino...
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