Rihanna Front and Center in Fake Concert Allegations

NEW YORK (CBS) "Good Girl Gone Bad" singer Rihanna is at the center of a concert controversy  that allegedly cost a Brazilian promotion company nearly $5 million in fees and lost profits.

According to the lawsuit filed by Unique Sports and Marketing in New York County Supreme Court, the Brazilian company solicited the help of Vegas Style Entertainment in hopes of booking Rihanna for a series of upcoming fall concerts, says The Courthouse News Service.

However, the entertainment agents who claimed to represent the Barbadian singer instead pocketed more than  $835,000 in down payments and "booking fees," court documents claim.

The news site says that the fraudulent scheme was exposed after the singer's real agent, Marc Jordan, told a journalist for a Brazilian newspaper that Rihanna had no plans for a fall tour in the South American country.

The next day, Unique confirmed its lack of a contract with Rihanna's agent and began looking into the legitimacy of Vegas Style Entertainment and its figureheads who claimed to be well connected and respected in the music industry.

Unique said it soon realized that all of the proceedings were a hoax and demanded its money back, but the Vegas Style Entertainment and its co-conspirators returned only $390,000 and still owe $435,000, says the lawsuit.

Unique Sports and Marketing is demanding a full refund, plus the money it would have made from the concerts, about $4.68 million.

Luckily for Rihanna, The Courthouse News Services says she is not named as a defendant in the suit.