Baltimore singer spent $4.1million on company card to fund music career

[JodyHiighroller]

Chad Focus did the most for the sake of his music career and now he's facing up to 20 years in prison. According to Pitchfork, the Baltimore singer's one hit track, “Dance With Me,” landed on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart last year but he wanted more. Chad was employed as an SEO specialist at an unnamed company and allegedly used the company card to spend $4.1 million in unauthorized purchases.

He's being charged for "federal charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft" and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Between January 2015 and August 2018, Arrington allegedly used company money to promote his music, purchase audio equipment, artificially increase plays on Spotify and other streaming services, purchase followers and views for his social media platforms, and yes, purchase Chad Focus billboards throughout the country.

Chad is also being accused of using the company card to invest in a bike-sharing business to the tune of $250,000. The publication details how there are two more suspects who helped Chad falsify the company's credit card statements as well as falsifying the signature of an accountant.

 

[FeloniousMonk]

Daam....had to be a goofy ass brother...

 

[Swirv]

Dummy should’ve just did his job.

 

[bobbiewishbone]

All that money for promotion and I've still never heard of Chad Focus.

 

[TAYLONDO SAMSWORTHY]

#1 Clout demon in the world*

 

[I Really Mean It]

20 years for buying fake Instagram followers. Nobody wants to just be a regular dude. Everyone needs at least 20k Instagram followers and a hustle that makes them seem more important than they are. Clout chasing at its most extreme. Be an SEO specialist and commit federal wire fraud to buy fake social media followers, brehs.

 

[Doobie Doo]

All that money for promotion and I've still never heard of Chad Focus.

Breh could've used that money for a few features and got the same amount of pub

 

[PaperEnterprise]

All that money for promotion and I've still never heard of Chad Focus.

Now you have, go give the mans music a listen.

 

[intruder]

Man.... Holding company cards is dangerously tempting. Especially if they dont watch it closely. The company i used to work for was notorious for that too. Someone could have charged anything on the company card when they lefft the company and they wouldnt have caught on until it was too late. I know someone who did.

I did it too once by mistake. I quit that job 2 years ago and still have the card at home...and it still works. I was once buying something for my niece and i told her to" read me the CC number from my wallet" and she mistakenly took the company card instead of my personal AMX card. Purchase went through. This was this past February. Mind you, I quit the job in May 2017...
The Card will expire this October.

As for the company i work for now, they gave me a card but i dont carry it around so that i dont use it by mistake. Large companies have better resources to monitor this sort of stuff so not risking it.

 

[I Really Mean It]

Man.... Holding company cards is dangerously tempting.

Tempting if you’re broke, dusty and impulsive.

 

[intruder]

Tempting if you’re broke, dusty and impulsive.

Not necessarily. Some people just always feel like they can get away with anything. They always think they are smarter than they are.

 

[50CentStan]

What a stupid mfer. Millennials are the worst attention whores. Everyone think they're a superstar. That's why this generation really dont have superstars besides drake and rihanna

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

4.1 million is a ridiculous amount tho. The other 2 suspects must have been looking the other way and getting broke off something in return.

But still there shoulda been someone above them all who shoulda been like "This negro Chad spent 100K last Saturday night in a DC club"

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

Breh still dropping music videos like he legit

 

[The Coochie Assassin]