In 2007 comedian Eddie Griffin partnered with the Jamaica 360 Initiative to award $150,000 to deserving African American university graduates to help send them to the Caribbean to further their careers. Except one of the recipient's says Eddie used the charity to scam him. Samir Sayegh is suing Ed and Jamaica 360 claiming Eddie tricked him into giving his up his American Express card to pay for Eddie's hotel room and says E G later charged $150,000 on the card.