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Humphries among victims of alleged scam

Published Oct. 29, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

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Kris Humphries, the husband of reality TV star Kim Kardashian, was among the victims of an apparent friend's alleged $1.7 million investment scam, TMZ reported Saturday.

Andrey C. Hicks, a 27-year-old hedge fund manager who was invited to the celebrity couple's August wedding, was charged with wire fraud following his arrest Friday in Canada, during a reported attempt to flee to Switzerland.

He is accused of misleading investors, which included NBA player Humphries, with a fictitious Harvard degree and investment banking job, while diverting cash to his personal bank account.

Humphries had passed over hundreds of thousands of dollars to Hicks, TMZ reported, citing sources close to the former Nets power forward.