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Chekezie Eze, who placed tenth on season seven of American Idol, was busted for felony identity theft at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills, reports TMZ. The singer attempted to use “fraudulent means” – possibly a phony cheque or credit card – to make a purchase.

Store security detained him until the police arrived to take him to the Beverly Hills jail. He has been released on $50,000 bail.

Anne Hathaway’s ex-boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, was sentenced Thursday to 4 1/2 years in prison in a Manhattan federal court.

Follieri delivered a statement through an interpreter, in which he stressed that he wasn’t raised with bad values, and started off with good intentions. He also admitted that what he did was wrong and hopes to be forgiven by those he has hurt. He will to not appeal a sentence of less than 63 months in prison.

Follieri was arrested in June and pleaded guilty to 14 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy in September. Initially, sentencing was planned for December, but the hearing was moved up to Oct. 3 after Follieri was unable to meet his $21 million bail.

Hathaway began dating Follieri in 2004, and the two broke up in June this year. Follieri was arrested in April of this year as well, for trying to pass a $215,000 bad cheque.