Two men who were posing as members of the iconic rap group Wu-Tang Clan have been arrested for scamming hotels for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Aaron Barnes-Burpo of Florida, United States, has been sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday, March 15, as per The Augusta Chronicleon the same day. He has admitted to defrauding hotels of free services by pretending to be a star from the hip-hop group.
Barnes-Burpo has also been ordered to pay around $300,000 (about P14.6 million) to the 19 businesses he scammed along with his co-defendant Walker Washington, who currently awaits sentencing after also admitting to committing the crimes.
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