50 Cent Falls Victim to Credit Card Fraud
50 Cent may seem untouchable in the eyes of his fans but a thief has managed to get close enough to the Queens rapper, resulting in him being a victim of credit card fraud.
According to the New York Daily News, 50's American Express number was lifted and used to make a series of unauthorized purchases in several cities close to his Farmington, Conn. home, dating back to 2007.
Suspicions were first raised last year, when an unidentified man called an electronics boutique in West Hartford, attempting to order two Sony flat-screen televisions using the 'Before I Self Destruct' creator's credit card number. Sensing that something was afoot, the store refused to deliver the TV's, but instead told the man that he could pick them up in person.
Though American Express did not report the card stolen, they reported that the order was not made by 50, and when two young men arrived in a rental car to pick up the flat-screens, the store called police, who arrested them on sight. A defense attorney for one of the arrested men said that he can't directly comment on the case, as it is still pending, but that he's been "in court at least three times" when 50's name "has popped up as a victim of credit card crime."
The
G-Unit head honcho has yet to make a comment regarding the fraud, which the Daily News claims was likely committed by someone within access to his personal information.
50 Cent's 52-room Connecticut mansion was
previously broken into back in December, when two men were caught drinking wine in his closet and roaming around his house.
Get more at The Boombox >>>
http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,entry&id=691977&pid=691976&uts=1273167996
http://www.popeater.com/mm_track/popeater/music/?s_channel=us.musicpop&s_account=aolpopeater,aolsvc&omni=1&ke=1
http://cdn.channel.aol.com/cs_feed_v1_6/csfeedwrapper.swf
PopScene: Week's Hottest Pics
Gabourey Sidibe attends The American Cancer Society's Choose You luncheon on May 5th in New York City.
Amy Sussman, Getty Images
Amy Sussman, Getty Images
PopScene: Weeks Hottest Pics
Add a comment
I BET YA THIS WILL BE THE WORST YEAR FOR CREDIT CARD FRAUD.THERES A LOT OF BROKE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
Reply
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Imagine... 50-Cent not worth a plugged nickel! LOL!
Reply
50 is a the nicest rap star, very humble, i love how racist u are without actually knowing the bro, shade45 G-Unit radio is the best on sirius, it was probably whookidd lol..good thing he can afford it.
Certainly his 52 room mansion and your leaning trailer at Rainbow trailer Park
Rap "star"...LOL. Sounds like an oxymoron. Rap is crap and 50 Cent is gross. There, that's my 2 cent.
Poetic justice, anyone?
Reply
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Karma!
Reply
Yo fif check them n#@!ers around you someboby on some bull#@!t
Reply
Can you translate that into english?
Hey Fiddy....say "hi" to Diddy.....He's so priddy......
Reply
it was probably whookidd lol..good thing he can afford it.
Reply
"two young men arrived in a rental car to pick up the flat-screens, the store called police, who arrested them on sight"
They was his cousins.
Reply
Also a victim of stupidity.
Reply
Right now, banks are pushing their rewards cards. That’s because people who have them tend to spend more.
Verifone
Reply