Carl Erik Rinsch, a director best known to direct the 2013 film “47 Ronin“Was arrested on Tuesday in West Hollywood, suspected of fraud Netflix up to $ 11 million.
The money, which was supposed to go to the end of a television program in which $ 44 million had already been invested, rather went to the personal accounts of Rinsch, his personal expenses and his personal gains and losses, according to an indictment of the Federal Court posted earlier this month in the South New York district.
Rinsch quickly “transferred” the $ 11 million in the Rinsch Co. account, where it had been deposited on March 6, 2020 by Netflix, via a certain number of additional accounts up to around $ 10.5 million in the back of weeks later in a personal brokerage account, according to the accusation act. The administrator has lost more than half of this money in less than two months via risky investments on the stock market, according to the indictment.
During all this time, according to the indictment, Rinsch told Netflix that the spectacle “White Horse” was “brilliant and very well before”.
Over the next two years, the director would have moved the remaining money in the cryptocurrency and would have finally benefited from cryptographic speculation. He then blew up around $ 10 million, said the indictment, out of five Rolls-rings, a Ferrari, watches, clothing, bedding and luxury sheets, credit card bills and lawyers to continue Netflix for more money and to work on his divorce. About $ 3.8 million was spent on furniture and antiques, including two mattresses which cost $ 638,000 in total, according to the document. The half-dozen cars cost just over $ 2.4 million.
“White Horse” was supposed to be a series of science fiction on superintendent clones which are banished in Brazil, where they develop their own cutting-edge technology and come into conflict “with humans and each other”, indicates the indictment. The show has never been finished.
Rinsch, 47, was arrested Tuesday in West Hollywood and later appeared before the Federal Court carrying chains and a turtleneck on jeans. He was released later in the day after agreeing to publish a deposit of $ 100,000 to guarantee his appearance before a New York Federal Court. We didn't ask him to plead.
He was charged with a wire chief, two silver laundering chiefs and four monetary transactions linked to illegal activity.
A hearing date had not yet been awarded.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
