The tale of Zachary Horwitz made headlines this week after he was sentenced to 20 years for bilking investors out of $650 million by peddling bogus licensing deals with HBO and Netflix.
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Hollywood actor’s Ponzi scheme, explained: Why investors keep falling for scams
Feb 16, 2022 | 3:41 PM