SEC Has Charged T.I. For Being Part Of a Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Scheme

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SEC Has Charged T.I. For Being Part Of a Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Scheme

By Victor Omondi On Friday, T.I. was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for taking part in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. At least five people from Atlanta were implicated by the commission, including Clifford “T.I.” Harris for promoting FLiK and CoinSpark, “two unregistered and fraudulent initial coin offerings (ICOs)” run by film producer Ryan […]

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Born in Brooklyn, New York on October 3, 1954, Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr., is an American Baptist minister and political, social, and human rights advocate. Known as “the Wonder Boy” as a youth, he was licensed and ordained as a Pentecostal minister and toured with the gospel singer

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1988

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First African Baptist Church, Savannah, Georgia (1773– )

First African Baptist Church, located in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia, is recognized as one of the nations oldest African American Baptist Churches. Although the church was not officially established until 1788, the original congregation of mostly enslaved individuals had been formed

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American singer Usher is a teen sensation turned R&B icon who has several bestselling albums, numerous awards and his own recording label. He was born Usher Terry Raymond IV on October 14, 1978 in Tennessee. His father abandoned the family when Usher was only a year old. As a child, he

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1932

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