Go on, the one who surprised on this day was the actor Zach Avery, which was detained by the authorities of Los Angeles – California, after his involvement in a Ponzi scheme was revealed.
The actor, who has appeared in films such as “Fury”, “The White Crow” or “Under the Same Skin”, committed $ 227 million in fraud to various investors through false contracts.
The interpreter, 34, was accused of usurping an HBO and Netflix executive to send emails about fake movie distribution contracts.
According to his statement to the Los Angeles court, FBI agent John Verrastro was the one who discovered Avery’s plan, which convinced investors to bring capital into his company film distribution company called 1inMM Capital LLC.
The plan consists of send a catalog of 52 movies which the counterfeit company distributed in Africa, Australia, New Zealand and South America also claimed to have partnerships with HBO and Netflix for licensing distribution rights abroad with a return of 40% of your investment.
Zach Avery would have diverted resources to his advantage. Its largest investor, JJMT Capital, LLC, has debts of more than $ 160 million in equity and about $ 59 million in profits.
He owes about $ 227 million in total for the fraud committed and, if found guilty, could face up to 20 years in prison.