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‘Shits happen’ T.I. to pay $75,000 for selling fraudulent crypto-currency investments

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Grammy award-winning rapper Clifford Harris, known as T.I., agreed to pay a U.S. regulator $75,000 to settle charges that he broke securities laws by selling fraudulent crypto-currency investments, the agency said on Friday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had charged the Atlanta rapper and actor along with four associates, including film producer Ryan Felton who it says controlled the companies FLiK and CoinSpark that conducted the initial coin offerings.

T.I. neither admitted nor or denied the SEC’s findings. His manager did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

T.I., 39, is best known for 2008 hits “Whatever You Like,” “Live Your Life” and “Swagga Like Us,” and was featured on Robin Thicke’s No. 1 single “Blurred Lines” in 2013.

The SEC alleged that T.I. in 2017 promoted and sold FLiK tokens on his social media accounts, falsely claiming to be a FLiK co-owner and urging his followers to invest in the coins.

FLiK tokens were sold as investment contracts in the company which claimed it would operate as a “Netflix on the blockchain,” a streaming platform where users could buy products and services with FLiK tokens. But Felton allegedly used the funds to buy a Ferrari, million-dollar home, diamond jewelry and other luxury goods, the SEC said.

Felton, the only one of the five who refused to settle with the SEC, was also charged by the Justice Department on Friday.

He could not immediately be reached for comment.

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