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Hollywood's $230 Million Ponzi Scheme

Right? And I sell them to Latin America. And blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And so basically he gets like millions of dollars. He gets money from everybody. He has all his boys put all their money in, all their parents' money in. And he— and the whole thing was made up. There was never one deal with Netflix. There was never one deal with HBO. Howard Schultz, he never knew. And his wife married him. And then the boys all like were just like, what the fuck?

October 31, 202514:21Jason
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David13:56
Okay.
Jason13:57
Maybe, eventually. Well, then eventually Fuel closes and they can't do it. Zach moves to LA, brings his high school— brings the college sweetheart with him, starts acting, and then he gets into— he's like, oh, he creates this business. He's like, basically wh…
David14:21
Okay.
Jason14:21
Right? And I sell them to Latin America. And blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And so basically he gets like millions of dollars. He gets money from everybody. He has all his boys put all their money in, all their parents' money in. And he— and the whole thing was made up. There was never one deal with Netflix. There was never one deal with HBO. Howard Schultz, he never knew. And his wife married him…
David14:51
He stole money from all his friends.
Jason14:52
Everything.
David14:52
How much money?