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Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme

To locate real peopleand create communications with these people and thensending them to...

To locate real people
and create communications with these people and then
sending them to investors and saying, "Look,
I'm talking to these people," when really you're not

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To locate real people and create communications
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with these people and then sending them to investors
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and saying, "Look, I'm talking to these people,"
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when really you're not.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:30
Uploaded
Apr 03, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
XTR,NEON

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Movie Summary

Zachary Horwitz's desperate attempt to become a movie star led him down a path of deception and fraud, seduced by the allure of fame and wealth.
Zach Horwitz's ability to produce - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:07
Zach Horwitz's ability to produce
The amount of work involved in keeping track - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:10
The amount of work involved in keeping track
He's got hundreds of millions of dollars on the table - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:11
He's got hundreds of millions of dollars on the table
It's just really, really elaborate. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:06
It's just really, really elaborate.
You had to realize that at some point, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:08
You had to realize that at some point,
Behind the scenes, things were beginning - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:07
Behind the scenes, things were beginning
When we first stopped getting payments, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:08
When we first stopped getting payments,
There's some kind of scam happening." - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:08
There's some kind of scam happening."
The first part was the actual fraud itself, the agreements, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:07
The first part was the actual fraud itself, the agreements,
Then at the end of 2019 when the payments stopped, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:11
Then at the end of 2019 when the payments stopped,
And that's why the investment collapsed at that point. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:06
And that's why the investment collapsed at that point.
This is where part two of the fraud starts. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:05
This is where part two of the fraud starts.
Zach just sending text messages - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:10
Zach just sending text messages
We had screenshots of text messages - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:10
We had screenshots of text messages
And more importantly, both these massive companies - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:08
And more importantly, both these massive companies
I mean, we think we're just in, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:07
I mean, we think we're just in,
And then once it starts falling apart, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:13
And then once it starts falling apart,
And, of course, each time he lies, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:06
And, of course, each time he lies,
When he wasn't filming, he was forging documents. - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:07
When he wasn't filming, he was forging documents.
And what they're doing is buying themselves time, - Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme 00:20
And what they're doing is buying themselves time,