As we mentioned yesterday, R. Kelly is involved in a $1.5 million fraud scheme over in South Africa.
It seems a local business woman conned people out of their money, promising them large returns on ticket sales when R. Kelly would tour the country.
Though the tour never happened, people never got their money back, and according to officials in South Africa, the money was deposited into R. Kelly’s bank account.
“Luckil”y, reps for the R&B singer have finally released a statement today about the reports.
It reads:
“There is absolutely no truth to the reports that R. Kelly received money from a South African woman accused of swindling investors by convincing them to invest in a non-existent R. Kelly tour in 2005. Mr. Kelly has no knowledge of this woman, has never received any money from her, and has not been contacted by any law enforcement authorities regarding the matter. He will, of course, cooperate fully with any legitimate investigation of this matter, since he has nothing to hide.”
Wonder who’s telling the truth?
[Image via WENN.]
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