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How Hollywood actor Horwitz was jailed for $650m movie ponzi scheme

kunle kunle by kunle kunle
January 11, 2024
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How Hollywood actor Horwitz was jailed for $650m movie ponzi scheme
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American actor, Zachary Horwitz, was Monday, Feb. 14, sentenced to 20 years in jail.

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Horwitz swindled $650 million in a huge Hollywood ponzi scheme, using it to finance a lavish lifestyle of yachts, jets and fast cars.

 

He created fake contracts that he told investors were with HBO and Netflix to trick them into handing over vast sums of money, which he splurged on private flights, cars, and a luxury Los Angeles mansion, complete with a wine cellar.

 

“Horwitz portrayed himself as a Hollywood success story,” prosecutors said, according to the Department of Justice.

 

“He branded himself as an industry player, who… leveraged his relationships with online streaming platforms like HBO and Netflix to sell them foreign film distribution rights at a steady premium.

 

Hollywood actor Horwitz jailed for $650m movie ponzi scheme

 

“But, as his victims came to learn, (Horwitz) was not a successful businessman or Hollywood insider. He just played one.”

 

Horwitz, who acted in horror films under the name Zach Avery, told investors he was buying foreign distribution rights for US movies, and then selling them to streaming platforms.

 

The 35-year-old gave each victim a note promising a handsome profit six or 12 months later.

 

Over seven years he kept the scheme going by using new investors’ money to repay the old ones.

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