{"id":612421,"date":"2024-03-12T17:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T14:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/50-cent-warns-drinks-company-over-alleged-6m-fraud\/"},"modified":"2024-03-12T17:00:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T14:00:34","slug":"50-cent-warns-drinks-company-over-alleged-6m-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/50-cent-warns-drinks-company-over-alleged-6m-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"#50 Cent Warns Drinks Company Over Alleged $6M Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">50 Cent has warned multinational drinks company Beam Suntory that he is not to be played with after he accused them of fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, 50 and his alcohol brand Sire Spirits headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tion with the company after he accused agents of Beam of an embezzlement scheme that involved millions in unpaid invoices.<\/p>\n<p>50 renewed his attack on Beam Suntory \u2014 the parent company of Branson Cognac, which distributes Sire Spirits \u2014 on Monday (March 11) in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of scathing Instagram posts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@beamsuntory is gonna pay for what they did trust me,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThese big companies think they can get away with anything. It has cost me millions in legal fees. They are gonna find out I\u2019m not the one you want to play with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cHere is a clearer version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>, @beamsuntory @jimbeamofficial I\u2019m not the guy you want to get started. In nicest way I\u2019m gonna need my money by Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The posts included footage of a TV news report about 50\u2019s legal battle with the drinks company.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"instagram-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C4ZEpGYOgmm\/embed\" width=\"320\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"instagram-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C4ZOIc8Nb2W\/embed\" width=\"320\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>50 Cent then posted an alleged letter from Beam Suntory dated August 15, 2016 to one of the people accused of embezzlement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the letter @beamsuntory sent without my knowledge to the people involved in the scheme that cost me millions,\u201d he wrote in the caption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo I really need to hold a press conference to walk everyone through exactly what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened with convicted felon Mitchel E. Green, Julious Grant, Arnaud Fabre and the guy Beam paid millions of dollars to help sell my brands, \u2018Lord Michael\u2019 Caruso.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Power<\/em> and <em>BMF<\/em> producer concluded his tirade by teasing a TV series about the scandal: \u201cThis will make a great unscripted project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"instagram-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C4ZelTGtyx5\/embed\" width=\"320\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Beam Suntory have denied the accusations, telling <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/50-cents-liquor-company-involved-in-legal-fight\"><em>FOX 5 New York<\/em><\/a> in a statement: \u201cBeam Suntory vehemently denies all allegations of wrongdoing. It had no involvement in or knowledge of the fraudulent activity alleged in the complaint, and any allegation to the contrary has no basis in fact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is undisputed that we honored all prior obligations to Mr. Jackson and Sire Spirits, and it is very unfortunate that the parties involved continue to misrepresent the facts and misdirect blame in an attempt to recover fees and damages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sire Spirits attorney Craig Weiner, on the other hand, said: \u201cBecause these illicit commissions were baked into the price of the product, Sire Spirits overpaid on taxes, overpaid on customs and duties, overpaid on insurance, which are marked towards the value of the product.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeam Suntory\u2019s role here is extraordinarily troubling. Beam Suntory\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer, a gentleman by the name of Julious Grant, acting as an employee, as an officer of the company, acting under the actual and parent authority of Beam Suntory facilitated the entire fraud as we plead in our complaint.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weiner added: \u201cI question where was your compliance program? How did they get away with Mr. Grant receiving payments under the scheme for years and years. Where were you? How did you allow this to happen? This is a heavily regulated industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is estimated that over $6 million was stolen in the alleged fraud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n            n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n            'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1675583609181613');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    \/\/fbq('track', 'ViewContent');\n    \/\/ IMPT: fb tracks pageview events properly out of the gate\n    \/\/ HOWEVER, it does not trigger ViewContent, this is done in app.jsx\n  <\/script><\/p>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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