Former American Idol season 7 contestant Chikezie Eze was arrested and charged for felony identity theft when he tried to pay two bottles of cologne with a stolen credit card at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills on Thursday (February 25).

Chikezie told TMZ that he had never used that card before and that it had been flagged for probably having something “untrue” on the application. Chikezie said, “They said they were waiting for someone to use the card and when they did they would pull them down. I haven’t done anything wrong myself and I’m pretty confident nothing is going to happen.”

Well it seems like the card wasn’t his after all. Chikezie was recognized by the sales person and detained by Neiman’s security until the cops arrived. Chikezie was arrested but is currently out on a $50,000 bail and scheduled to appear in court on March 1.

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