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Pretty Ricky’s Baby Blue Reportedly Still Owes $1M In Restitution After Serving Time For $24M PPP Scam

<p>Pretty Ricky member <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;pretty-ricky-baby-blue-released-prison-for-24m-ppp-loan-scam&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Baby Blue<&sol;a> may have served time&comma; but he&&num;8217&semi;s not done paying his dues just yet&period; According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;08&sol;pretty-ricky-baby-blue-prison-release-pleasure-p-spectacular&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">TMZ<&sol;a>&comma; the singer reportedly still has to pay back over &dollar;1 million in restitution&comma; as part of his sentence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CXzQr7-pcV7" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Federal Bureau Of Prisons Explains More About Baby Blue&&num;8217&semi;s Release &amp&semi; Sentence<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The outlet spoke exclusively with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and learned more about Baby Blue&&num;8217&semi;s release and sentencing details&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the bureau&comma; Blue was released from the Federal Correctional Institution Coleman Low in Florida on Tuesday&period; And has been transferred over to the BOP&&num;8217&semi;s Miami Residential Reentry Management Office&period; This is an office that oversees inmates who are transitioning back into public life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Upon release&comma; Blue will stay in community confinement&comma; which may be either &&num;8220&semi;home detention or a halfway house&period;&&num;8221&semi; Until he is officially released from custody on April 4&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; Blue will stay under supervised release for another three years&period; And is still required to pay back &dollar;1&comma;111&comma;345&period;23 in &&num;8220&semi;restitution as part of his sentence&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to court documents obtained by the outlet&comma; Blue forfeited his 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia a year ago&period; But that transaction only knocked about &dollar;65&comma;000 off the hefty amount&period; Blue still owes over &dollar;1 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CEMXR98BElg" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Baby Blue Shares More Details About His Prison Release &amp&semi; Subsequent Name Change<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Blue was released from prison on Tuesday&comma; after serving a little over a year of his 20-month sentence&period; In an exclusive correspondence with <em>The Shade Room&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;em> Brianne D&comma; the singer revealed that he&&num;8217&semi;s changing his name to Bigg Money Blue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also explained more about his release from prison&comma; revealing that &&num;8220&semi;his early release was granted under the First Step Act&period;&&num;8221&semi; An act that was introduced by Donald Trump in 2018&period; And &&num;8220&semi;allows eligible inmates to participate in recidivism reduction programs and earn credits toward early release&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Blue also revealed that he has new music and a book on the way for fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CoXcn0ruC5O" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Baby Blue&&num;8217&semi;s Prison Release Was Live Streamed By Groupmate Pleasure P<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;pretty-ricky-baby-blue-released-prison-for-24m-ppp-loan-scam&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; the singer was greeted by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ray-j-sammie-and-bobby-v-blast-pleasure-p-for-releasing-groups-debut-single-the-record-is-out-and-we-didnt-know&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Pleasure P<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;spectacular-responds-after-bow-wow-says-hes-the-best-performer-on-the-millennium-tour&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Spectacular<&sol;a>&comma; as he left the prison on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CoXTNGSLyX1" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;baby-blue-sentenced-to-20-months-for-participating-in-ppp-loan-fraud-owes-over-1m-in-restitution&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; Blue plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in August 2021&period; In December of that year&comma; Blue was sentenced to 20 months in prison&period; And on February 1&comma; 2022&comma; the singer turned himself in to authorities&comma; as <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;reel&sol;CoXTNGSLyX1&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;web&lowbar;copy&lowbar;link" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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