‘Accused fraudster and ‘partner’ Cesar Pina comes to DJ Envy’s defense amidst lawsuits and federal charges, asserting DJ Envy’s innocence’

DJ Envy got a surprising vote of confidence on Tuesday — from the accused fraudster whom he has been sued alongside over a ‘Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme.’

The 46-year-old Breakfast Club co-host was defended by the celebrity house-flipper Cesar Pina in an Instagram Live video in which he claimed that Envy (real name: RaaShaun Casey) wasn’t involved in the business deals that are cited as examples of his alleged fraud.

However, Pina also shot back at his ‘business partner’ over his claims that he was among the alleged victims of his investment fraud scheme.

Pina stuck up for his pal just days after the offices of iHeartMedia, which puts on Envy’s show, were raided by federal agents. 

Although Envy has not been charged alongside Pina, he is listed in the criminal complaint as ‘Individual-1’ and is described as Pina’s business partner.

Odd defender: The Breakfast Club host DJ Envy, 46, was defended by his ‘business partner’ Cesar Pina on Tuesday after Envy was sued alongside him for an allegedly ‘Ponzi-like’ house flipping fraud scheme; seen in 2021 in LA

Not involved? Pina, who has also been hit with federal charges for the alleged fraud scheme, said ‘Envy was never in the room with me’ to defend his pal

Even though he has seemingly escaped criminal charges at this point, he has been listed as a co-defendant in lawsuits against Pina.

The house flipper is accused of promising major returns on real estate investments in New Jersey, but the investors suing him claim that they received little or nothing in return for their investments.

He would allegedly promise high returns of 20 to 45 percent for flipping homes, but then rather than reinvesting any profits, he allegedly used some of the money for himself, while other funds were use to pay off investors from earlier deals, which authorities compared to Ponzi scheme.

Although people initially shared their complaints about Pina’s returns on social media, he has now been sued at least 20 times.

One attorney claimed that at least 30 people are suing him, with over $40 million being request from Pina and his wife, according to Billboard.

DJ Envy appears to be on the radar of many of these allegedly bilked investors because he regularly promoted Pina on The Breakfast Club, and the criminal complaint against Pina says he worked with the disgraced businessman to put on seminars promoting his real estate acumen and urging investors to trust their money with him.

But Pina said on his IG live that Envy wasn’t directly involved in any of his business matters, though he didn’t appear to confirm or deny his alleged guilt.

‘DJ Envy was never in the room with me,’ Pina claimed on the livestream. ‘DJ Envy has nothing to do with any of these 20 lawsuits of these people who are suing me. It f***ing sucks, bro. It pisses me off that all these people are bashing DJ Envy.’

However, he also denied Envy and his attorney’s claim that the radio host was a potential victim of the alleged scheme.

He has said he knew nothing of the alleged scheme, while also claiming that he lost $500,000 that he invested in one of Pina’s real estate deals.

‘That’s the dumbest s*** I ever heard in my life,’ the flipper responded. ‘He’s not a victim. He was my partner, he was an investor.’

‘Ponzi-like scheme’: Pina’s accused of promising sky-high returns on house flipping investments in New Jersey, but delivering little to nothing in returns to investors. The Feds and civil suits allege that he pocked some of the profits and paid earlier investors with some of them; Envy and Pinsa seen in October 2022 in NYC

Pulling him back in: Pina also lashed out at Envy’s claims that he was a victim. ‘That’s the dumbest s*** I ever heard in my life,’ the flipper responded. ‘He’s not a victim. He was my partner, he was an investor’

Intimately entwined: The criminal complaint calls Envy ‘Individual-1’ and accuses him of using his radio show to repeatedly promote Pina, along with doing seminars to convince people to give him money; pictured in April 2022 in NYC

Pina spent the rest of the live stream defending himself and claiming innocence.

He also took a jab at some of the investors who are suing him or helping the government make its case again him. He claimed that their efforts made it less likely that he would profit from his house flipping investments, meaning they would also be less likely to see a dime in profits.

‘And guess what, you f***ng geniuses? Now the government is involved. Now the government is gonna come in and say, “We’re staying all these lawsuits until your criminal proceedings are done,”‘ Pina said. 

‘So guess what? From a year to two years to getting paid — now it could be three to five years! And you guys will be lucky if you see anything. This is the most r****d s*** in the world,’ he added.